Number the Stars Chapters 3-4

1. What season is it in the beginning of chapter 3?

• summer
• fall
• spring
• winter

2. How are the people in Copenhagen preparing for a cold winter?

• A. They are saving up their coal.

• B. They are stocking up on food.

• C. They are making blankets.

• D. They are chopping wood for the fire.

3. Why did the girls need to stop at Mrs. Hirsch's shop after school?

• A. They wanted to buy some candy.
• B. They needed a button for Kirsti's sweater.
• C. Mom wanted them to bring home milk.
• D. Mrs. Hirsch was going to help them with their homework.

4. What was wrong when they arrived at her shop?

• A. It was closed.
• B. Mrs. Hirsch said she wasn't feeling well.
• C. No one had come into the shop all day.
• D. The store had been robbed.

5. Why did Annemarie and Ellen think Kirsti was so dumb?

• A. Kirsti said that maybe Mrs. Hirsch was taking a nap.
• B. Kirsti thought that the Hirsch's might be playing a trick on them.
• C. Kirsti wanted to come back after dinner to see if they were open.
• D. Kirsti thought that the Hirsch's went on vacation.

6. Why was Peter's visit odd?

• A. He was so serious.
• B. He brought gifts for the family.
• C. He was with Lise.
• D. He stayed a long time after dinner.

7. What information did Peter bring that explained what had happened to the Hirsches?

• A. The Nazis were closing Jewish shops.
• B. The Hirsches went to Sweden.
• C. The Hirsches opened a new shop on the other side of town with other Jewish families.
• D. There was a sickness going around, and the Hirsches probably got sick.

8. What terrible connection did Annemarie make between the Hirsches and the Rosens?

• A. The Rosens might get sick, too.
• B. The Rosens were Jewish and might be in danger, just like the Hirsches.
• C. They were both low on coal for the winter.
• D. The Hirsches had to move, so maybe the Rosens would have to move, too.

9. Why must all of Denmark be the king's bodyguards?

• A. The king asked them to be his bodyguards.
• B. No one applied for the job.
• C. The king was in a lot of danger with Germany.
• D. No one was safe.

10. What curfew did the people in the Copenhagen have?

• 8pm
• 10pm
• midnight
• 9pm