Why was young Hans Hubermann asked to stay behind during his fight in WWI? The Book Thief

Young Hans Hubermann was asked to stay behind so he could write letters. In which room of the Hubermann household does Max hide while he is living with them? Max would hide in the basement of the Hubermann household.

Explanation:

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.