Number the Stars Chapter 17 and Afterword Pages 128 - 137

1. The war ended ________.
a) two years later
b) ten years later
c) the next year
d) after twenty years

2. What happened to Peter?
a) Peter moved to Sweden.
b) Peter was executed by the Germans.
c) Peter married Annemarie.
d) Peter drowned in the sea.

3. Why did the Germans kill Lise?
a) Lise was a leader in the church.
b) Lise hit one of the German soldiers.
c) Lise was Jewish.
d) Lise was in the Resistance.

4. Annemarie hid Ellen's necklace ____________.
a) in the dresser
b) under the bed
c) in her sister's wedding trunk
d) in the bathroom

5. How long did the Germans occupy Denmark?

a) 10 years
b) 2 years
c) 1 year
d) 5 years

6. Who was G. F. Duckwitz?

a) a German who warned the Jewish community of relocation
b) the king of Denmark
c) the rabbi in the synagogue at Copenhagen

7. How many Jews lived in Denmark?

a) 70
b) 7000
c) 700
d) 70,000

8. _____________ was on the handkerchief.
a) Perfume and gasoline
b) Rat poison
c) Rabbit's blood and cocaine
d) Milk and aspirin

9. The root word of unoccupied is occupy. Then unoccupied most likely means ________.
Now neighbors had entered each unoccupied, waiting apartment, opened a window, and hung a symbol of freedom there.
a) vacant
b) messy
c) for the future
d) quiet

10. Which excerpt from Number the Stars best supports the belief that the Rosens will return to Copenhagen?
a) Now, remembering Lise, Annemarie looked from the balcony down into the street.
b) Carefully she spread open the skirt of the dress and found the place where Ellen's necklace lay hidden in the pocket.
c) When the Rosens come home, you can give it back to Ellen. "Until then," Annemarie told him, "I will wear it myself."
d) "Can you fix this? I have kept it all this long time. It was Ellen's."

11. Which question does Number the Stars answer?
a) How much of Number the Stars is factual?
b) Will the Rosens return to Copenhagen?
c) Will Ellen get her Star of David necklace back?
d) Does Thor travel to Copenhagen?



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