| Question | Answer |
| Why does death reveal the ending of the story? | To make you want to keep reading to find out how it happened.
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Why are there pictures of dice? | To symbolize Hans' gamble and as headings withing the chapter.
| What does Liesel imagine herself telling the Mayor's wife? | There's a Jew in my basement.
| Who does Max imagine himself fighting? | Hitler
| Why does the Mayor really fire Rosa? | He is preparing for harder times.
| What made Tommy Mueller deaf? | He got lost in the cold and got an infection.
| How does Rudy get in trouble with Franz Deutscher? | He tries to explain what's wrong with Tommy.
| According to death, why does Viktor Chemmel steal? | He enjoys it.
| How does Rudy get in trouble with Viktor? | He complains about the apple.
| What promise does Viktor make to Rudy? | Rudy will pay for disrespecting Viktor.
| What is the subject oft he book that Max writes? | The story of what Hitler did to the Jews.
| What do Rudy and Liesel steal from the Mayor's house? What do they leave behind? | a book; shoes
| What got Rudy to finally go back to the Hitler Youth meetings? | He joined a new division.
| How does Viktor get his revenge on Rudy? | He throws Liesel's book in the river.
| What is Rudy's victory at the end of the section? | He saves Liesel's book. |
