NUMBER THE STARS - ENDING

FACT or FICTION?

There was a soldier called Peter Nielsen in WW2.

• HISTORICAL FACT

• FICTION

• MISSING INFORMATION

HISTORICAL FACT or FICTION?

Fishermen in Denmark helped Jewish people escape to Sweden in their boats.

• HISTORICAL FACT

• FICTION

• MISSING INFORMATION

HISTORICAL FACT or FICTION?

The Johansen family made of Mr. and Mr.s Johansen, Annemarie, Kirsti and Lise lived in Copenhagen and saved their neighbours, the Rosens.

• HISTORICAL FACT

• FICTION

• MISSING INFORMATION

Answer explanation

There were lots of Danish families who lived similar situations, but these two families that appear in Number the Stars are FICTIONAL.

HISTORICAL FACT or FICTION?

The fishermen used a handkerchief that attracted dogs and made it impossible for them to smell humans once they had smelled the handkerchief.

• HISTORICAL FACT

• FICTION

• MISSING INFORMATION

HISTORICAL FACT or FICTION?

Most Danish Jews could escape Denmark and went to Sweden hidden in boats.

• HISTORICAL FACT

• FICTION

• MISSING INFORMATION

HISTORICAL FACT or FICTION?

On Jewish New Year, a German officer warned the rabbi about the fact that Germans had the list of Jewish Danes and would go to look for them.

• HISTORICAL FACT

• FICTION

• MISSING INFORMATION

HISTORICAL FACT or FICTION?

The Danes destroyed their own fleet.

• HISTORICAL FACT

• FICTION

• MISSING INFORMATION

HISTORICAL FACT or FICTION?

The day the Danes destroyed their own fleet, it was Kirsti's birthday.

• HISTORICAL FACT

• FICTION

• MISSING INFORMATION

HISTORICAL FACT or FICTION?

King Christian X was loved by Danish people.

• HISTORICAL FACT

• FICTION

• MISSING INFORMATION

LITERARY DEVICES

"Then they were there, in front of her. Four armed soldiers. With them, straining at taut leashes, were two large dogs, their eyes glittering, their lips curled." (End of chapter 14)

This is a....

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Cliffhanger

• Personification