A Night Divided: Chapters 20-28 Quiz

How did Fritz and Gerta clean the dirt from their faces and hands before walking home each day?

• They used the fountain near the school on their way home.
• They washed them in the pond that was near the Welcome Building.
• They didn’t wash their face and hands, they used clothes to just cover the dirt.
• They brought buckets of water into the building and washed up inside the Welcome Building.

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For what purpose did Gerta use a small burlap sack and a sharp kitchen knife?

• She used the knife to cut the pulley down, and the burlap sack to carry it home in.
• She used the knife to fray the end of the rope, and the burlap sack to tie around the pulley to hide it.
• She used the knife to cut open the burlap sack, and she used the burlap sack to cover the windows in the Welcome Building.
• She used the knife to cut the pulley down, and the burlap sack to cover a mound of dirt that was visible through a window of the Welcome Building.

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What kind of vegetable seeds did Papa send to Gerta?

• carrot seeds
• turnip seeds
• squash seeds
• cabbage seeds

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How did Gerta know Papa's address in West Berlin?

• It was the return address on the letter Gerta found in the cookie jar.
• He wrote it in code when he sent her the packages of seeds.
• Papa used another dance to communicate his address to her.
• Dominic was able to yell it to Fritz from the other side of the wall.

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Why did Anna show up while Gerta was on her way to the pond with a covered load of rocks and dirt?

• Anna came to inform Gerta that the Stasi would be coming to arrest her, Fritz, and their mother the following morning.
• Anna came to bring Gerta and Fritz lunch.
• Anna came to warn Gerta that Frau Eberhart was on her way to inform the Stasi that she and Fritz were up to something no good.
• Anna came to help Gerta work on the garden.

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How did Gerta get rid of all the dirt that was collecting in the basement room?

• Gerta took the dirt from the basement and threw it over the wall.
• Gerta moved the dirt from the basement into the woods.
• Gerta transferred the dirt from the basement to the garden.
• Gerta threw buckets of dirt from the basement into the yards of all the nearby houses.

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What did Fritz purchase with the grocery money Mama sent them?

• He bought workers’ overalls for Gerta and himself.
• He bought a wheelbarrow and rope.
• He bought a new shovel and a sledgehammer.
• He bought himself overalls and he bought lightweight buckets for Gerta.

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What did Gerta find at the bottom of the cookie jar?

• An envelope that was full of money.
• A letter from Dominic.
• She found an old letter from Papa.
• A letter for Fritz from the military.

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How did Fritz and Gerta hide their activity of dumping loads of dirt into the pond?

• They waited until it was nighttime to carry all the dirt to the pond.
• They built a clothesline near the pond, and then hung washed bedsheets on it.
• They carried the dirt in bedsheets and then pretended to wash the sheets in the pond.
• They carried the dirt little by little in small buckets.

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Why didn't Gerta want Anna to help her with the garden?

• Anna would find out that they were not really building a garden, but digging a tunnel instead.
• Anna would discover that they did not have permission to be at the Welcome Building.
• Anna would discover that Gerta didn’t know the first thing about gardening.
• Anna would discover that Gerta’s mother was out of town and that Fritz was using all of their food money to purchase tools.

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