Number the Stars End of Novel Test
Authored by Kristen Rodgers
English
5th - 8th Grade
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This comprehensive quiz assesses fifth-grade students' understanding of Lois Lowry's historical fiction novel "Number the Stars," which explores the Holocaust through the experiences of ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her family's efforts to help Jewish friends escape Nazi persecution in occupied Denmark. The questions require students to demonstrate literal comprehension, inferential reasoning, and analysis of character motivations across multiple cognitive levels. Students must recall specific plot details, understand cause-and-effect relationships, analyze character actions and decisions, and synthesize information to identify main themes about courage, resistance, and moral responsibility during wartime. The quiz effectively measures students' ability to connect historical context with character development, understand the significance of symbolic elements like Ellen's Star of David necklace, and recognize how ordinary people can demonstrate extraordinary bravery in the face of injustice. Created by Kristen Rodgers, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 5-8. This end-of-novel assessment serves multiple instructional purposes, functioning as a summative evaluation tool to measure comprehensive understanding after students complete the novel study unit. Teachers can use this quiz to assess reading comprehension, evaluate students' grasp of historical context, and determine how well students understand the novel's central themes of courage, friendship, and resistance during the Holocaust. The varied question types support differentiated assessment needs while maintaining rigorous expectations for literary analysis and critical thinking. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards RL.5.1 (quoting accurately from text), RL.5.2 (determining theme and summarizing), RL.5.3 (comparing characters and events), and RL.5.6 (describing narrator's point of view), while also supporting social studies standards related to understanding historical events and their impact on individuals and communities.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The Rosens and the Johansens live in
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CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
When the soldiers stop the girls from running on the way home, it is likely they want to
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CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RI.5.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The Rosens and Johansens
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CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Why can’t Ellen know where her parents are?
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CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What does Annemaria hide to protect Ellen when the soldiers arrive?
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CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What does Father use to support his statement that Ellen is his daughter?
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CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RI.5.8
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What is the lie about Great Aunt Birte? She didn't die, but
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