Number the Stars

Mama sent Annemarie and Kirsti on an errand after school to...

• buy a button

• deliver the newspaper

• take coffee to Mrs. Rosen

• buy milk

How did Mama react to the news that the Hirsch's button shop was closed?

• excited

• happy

• sad

• worried

What part of the plot is going on now?

• The climax because the problem is almost solved.

• The conflict because Annemarie wants to figure out a way to help her friend, Ellen.

• The falling action because Annemarie figured out a way to save her friend, Ellen.

• The resolution because the last event of the story has happened.

What present did Peter bring Annemarie?

• cola

• chocolate

• a seashell

• buttons

Why was Annemarie confused when Peter came to their house at night?

• She knew he was supposed to be in Sweden.

• She knew he was sick and should be home in bed.

• She hadn't seen him in a few days and assumed he had been on vacation.

• She knew there was a curfew on the people of Copenhagen, and he was out past that time.

Why did the Nazis make the Hirsches close their shop?

• They owed the Nazis money.

• They were Jewish.

• They were in the Resistance.

• They were Germans.

What was on the sign at the Hirsch's store that assured Annemarie that the sign was written in German?

• a German flag

• a picture of the leader of Germany

• a picture of the shape of Germany

• a swastika

Annemarie frightened herself after Peter left by asking herself what question?

• Would she be willing to run away from Copenhagen?

• Would she be willing to die to protect her friends, the Rosens, from the Germans?

• Did she have her homework complete?

• Was she able to behave herself and not draw attention from the German soldiers when she came home from school?

Why is Kirsti so upset, and who helped solve her problem?

• She had to wear shoes made from fish skin, so Ellen offered to take them and have her dad paint them black.

• She had to wear shoes made from banana skins, so Annemarie offered to trade shoes with her.

• The soldier on the block yelled at her, and Peter told them to be nice to her.

• She did not get to have a friend sleep over, so her mom made her pink cupcakes to make her feel better.

How did Mama comfort the girls when they heard explosions in the sky over Tivoli Gardens?

• She explained it was thunder and lightning.

• She told them that it was the German forces taking over Norway.

• She told them that they had had a bad dream.

• She told them that it was for Kirsti's birthday celebration.