A Night Divided Chapters 38 - 47

According to chapter 39, where is Papa’s side of the tunnel going to collapse if it is not stabilized?

• under the other side of the guard road

• under the other side of the Death Strip

• under the other side of the watchtower

• under the signal fence

One of the main themes conveyed in the book is that “People will risk their lives to protect themselves and their families.”  Which example from chapters 39-47 BEST proves this theme?

• “There’s nothing, nothing, that would take me back there again.”

• “What I thought was her cruel rejection of our friendship was only her way of creating distance between us, so she wouldn’t have to know anything I might be up to.”

• “Papa pressed between me and Officer Muller, removing my arms and gently laying him on the ground. ‘He’s not hurting anymore.’”

• “You made me thing about Peter, about what he would want us to do.”

Which piece of evidence best proves that compassionate is a character trait that describes Frau Lowe, Gerta’s mother?

• “She [Mama] knelt down and wrote on a paper For Frau Eberhart.  I forgive you.”

• “Mama also had her Bible in the stack.”

• ”Mama suggested we put away the items that couldn’t come with us.”

• ”Mama quickly motioned for me to remove my sweater and clear everything from the front room…”

Why did Mama have Gerta and Fritz clean the apartment?

• Mama was afraid of what they could find and add to their files.

• Mama did not want the Stasi saying the Lowe family were pigs.

• Mama wanted to hide all evidence that they had committed a crime.

• Mama had the family clean the apartment weekly.

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  In chapter 42, how does Fritz’s reaction differ from Gerta’s reaction when Fritz invites Müller to the tunnel to escape?

• There is no difference in reaction.

• Gerta welcomes Müller with open arms, unlike Fritz.

• Fritz welcomes Müller to the tunnel because he did not report the tunnel. Gerta did not support Fritz in this decision.

• Fritz seemed to be skeptical of Müller, but Gerta believed him to be a good person.

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Which statement below contains a simile?

• “I was a split of two emotions, each fighting the other to control my mood.”

• “But fear clutched at my throat like a noose, and I could barely answer.”

• “Flashlights were already showing in the garden patch.”

• “I filled my lungs with the fresh air, too exhausted to even sit down.”

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On page 272, Anna “looked as nervous as I [Gerta] felt, with a rigid posture and licking her lips as if we lived in the driest of deserts, but I couldn’t understand why.”  Why was Anna nervous?

• Anna didn’t want to get her clean dress dirty and disappoint her mother.

• Anna doesn’t like the dark, muddy tunnels, or Gerta’s family.

• Anna is about to tell Gerta that she and her family have been Stasi informants and knew about Gerta’s tunnel.

• Anna is about to tell Gerta that she and her family want to desperately escape with Gerta.

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What was the author’s purpose of including the following dialogue from Anna?

“Seeing my curiosity, she only shrugged and said, “You asked me to figure out why Peter wanted to leave. Well… we did.”

-Excerpt from Chapter 45

• To inform the reader that Anna has arrived to the tunnel.

• To describe the interaction between Gerta and Anna.

• To entertain the reader with the roller coaster friendship between Anna and Gerta.

• To inform the reader why Anna changed her mind, by taking Gerta’s advice she told her in the apartment.

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“Finally, Viktor stole a glance at the Trabant keys, and then I knew we had him.  Bribery was a form of currency in the GDR, and we finally had something valuable enough to offer.”

After reading this excerpt, what character trait do Mama and Viktor both possess at this critical moment?

• shyness

• desperation

• forgiveness

• uncertainty

Which quote below supports the inference that Gerta feels excited to be in West Berlin?

• “We might not be out of the tunnel but we were in the west.”

• “The site of the posters startled me, that people would dare to express themselves so boldly, so publicly.”

• “Mama hugged me and then we all walked over to Fritz, who was being cared for by one of the West German officers.”

• “I felt like I was moving in a dream, one I hoped would never end.”

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