Number the Stars Unit Exam

Annemarie and Ellen are

• neighbors

• sisters

• cousins

• neighbors and friends

The setting of the novel is

• Copenhagen, Denmark

• Stockholm, Sweden

• Berlin, Germany

• Paris, France

Go!" shouted Annemarie, and the two girls were off, racing along the residential sidewalk. Annemarie's silvery blond hair flew behind her, and Ellen's dark pigtails bounced against her shoulders.

How is imagery created in this passage?

• through descriptive adjectives

• through a simile

For Kirsti, the soldiers were simply part of the landscape, something that had always been there, on every corner, as unimportant as lampposts, throughout her remembered life.

According to this passage, how does Kirsti view the soldiers?

• as mean and scary

• as part of everyday life

• as helpers of the community

• as selfish and angry

What happened to Lise?

• She ran away from home and never returned

• She died in an accident two weeks before her wedding

• She married Peter

• She was run down by a Nazi car

Which of the following best describes Annemarie's feelings toward Peter?

• uncaring

• anger, resentment

• pride, love

• suspicion, jealousy

What is the genre of Number the Stars?

• historical fiction

• science fiction

• autobiography

• nonfiction

What did Annemarie take from Ellen seconds before the soldiers came into her bedroom that night?

• her journal

• a picture of her mother

• her necklace

• her ring

When the soldiers show up at Annemarie's house in the middle of the night, who do the Johansens say that Ellen is?

• a visiting relative

• a neighbor

• a school friend

• Annemarie's sister

Uncle Henrik glanced over at her and smiled without pausing in the rhythm of the milking... His strong hands continued, deftly pressing like a pulse against the cow. The steady stream of milk still came.

Using context clues, what is the best meaning for the word deftly as it used in the passage.

• intelligently

• sternly

• firmly

• skillfully