Number the Stars Quiz

Match the description to the character.

• Inge

• A passionate Resistance fighter who helped many Jews escape to safety; Lise’s fiance

• Ellen

• brave and kind ten-year-old girl who helps to hide her best friend from the Nazis

• Kirsti

• Annemarie and Kirsti’s mama; a brave helper of the Jews

• Annemarie

• A ten-year-old Jewish girl who must flee to Sweden to escape the Nazis

• Peter

• A spunky five-year-old girl who speaks her mind

Match the description to the character.

• Blossom

• Uncle Henrik’s cow

• Henrik

• A small gray kitten that Kirsti enjoys playing with

• Lise

• The eldest Johansen daughter who was killed for being a part of the Resistance

• Thor

• A handsome unmarried fisherman who helps smuggle Jews from Denmark to Sweden aboard his boat, the Ingeborg

What city do Annemarie and Ellen live in?

• Stockholm, Sweden

• Copenhagen, Denmark

• Berlin, Germany

• Washington D.C., USA

What is the name of the group that was actively working against the Nazis?

• the Anti-Nazis

• the Rescue Fighters

• the Resistance

• the people of Denmark

Why did the boy say, “all of Denmark is his bodyguard”?

• because he was too poor to hire a real bodyguard

• because the entire world loved him

• because everyone in Denmark would protect the king out of loyalty

• because the boy didn’t know the answer

What is NOT a way that life has changed since the Nazi invasion?

• electricity is being rationed

• there is limited food

• there is a 8:00pm curfew each night

• all churches have been burned to the ground

Why did the Danish people burn their own naval fleet?

• because the Germans were invading and they didn’t want their ships used by the Nazis

• because there was a terrible accident

• because King Christian was working with the Germans

• because the boats were old and no longer useful for battle

Why does Annemarie tell Ellen to quickly take off her necklace?

• because the soldiers are greedy for gold

• because it will identify her as a Jew

• because Annemarie wants to wear it

• because it will upset Mama and Papa

What does Papa use to trick the Nazi soldiers into thinking Ellen is Lise?

• a birth certificate

• a song

• baby photos

• a sworn letter by her mother

What is different about Papa’s phone conversation with Uncle Henrik?

• Uncle Henrik doesn’t know who they are

• Papa seems to be talking in code

• Papa can’t get a hold of Henrik

• Henrik says he will come visit Copenhagen instead