WorksheetsA Night Divided Mid Book Test Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
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Class
Date
1.
What happened on Barbed Wire Sunday?
a)
The Berlin Wall was torn down.
b)
The Berlin Wall was put up.
c)
The Iron Curtain was put up.
d)
The GDR let people escape into the west.
2.
What type of figurative language is being used in the text example below?
“They [West Germany] were growing stronger, while we leaned on Russia like a crutch, pretending to be every bit as strong.”
“They [West Germany] were growing stronger, while we leaned on Russia like a crutch, pretending to be every bit as strong.”
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
3.
True or false: The piece of evidence below proves that Gerta feels likes prisoner in her own country.
“Over the past four years, what started as a simple barbed wire fence had evolved into an entire system designed to stop, capture, or kill anyone who tried to get through” (pg. 30).
“Over the past four years, what started as a simple barbed wire fence had evolved into an entire system designed to stop, capture, or kill anyone who tried to get through” (pg. 30).
a)
True
b)
False
4.
What literary device is being used in the statement below?
“Since they [the rabbits] couldn’t pass through solid concrete, they would’ve had to dig a tunnel underneath. Even the animals wanted to leave East Berlin, I supposed” (pg. 31).
“Since they [the rabbits] couldn’t pass through solid concrete, they would’ve had to dig a tunnel underneath. Even the animals wanted to leave East Berlin, I supposed” (pg. 31).
a)
simile
b)
sensory language
c)
foreshadowing
d)
irony
5.
What does the fragment, "The wall" best represent on the plot diagram of A Night Divided?
a)
the characters
b)
the conflict
c)
the rising action
d)
the resolution
6.
Which word best describes Fritz when he first wrote messages to his family and then burned them in the fire?
a)
observant
b)
standoffish
c)
shy
d)
rude
7.
Frau Eberhart was described as this to show how dangerous her knowledge of secrets could be.
a)
rattlesnakes
b)
tornados
c)
playful kittens
d)
fire
8.
What piece of evidence below best shows why Herr Krause was arrested by the Stasi?
a)
“The morning after, Fritz showed me the newspaper that described her as a deserter and someone with a weak mind who had believed the lies from the west” (pg. 15).
b)
“…[we] stayed at school as members of the Pioneers and learned why freedom was overrated, why individuality was bad, and why we must always avoid the evil influences of the west” (pg. 19).
c)
“No citizen was allowed to write his own ideas if they differed from the state message, and certainly it was against the law to distribute those writings” (pg. 72).
9.
What is the mood of the following excerpt from the text?
A smile started in the center of my heart and warmed every inch of me. No matter how hard today had been, how hungry, tired, and thirsty we both were, Fritz planned to tunnel again tomorrow too.
A smile started in the center of my heart and warmed every inch of me. No matter how hard today had been, how hungry, tired, and thirsty we both were, Fritz planned to tunnel again tomorrow too.
a)
frustrated
b)
hopeful
c)
playful
d)
threatening
10.
To which senses does the following example appeal?
"Our clothes were dirty and smelly and so stiff with sweat that they practically held their shape after we had removed them."
"Our clothes were dirty and smelly and so stiff with sweat that they practically held their shape after we had removed them."
a)
smell and taste
b)
smell and hearing
c)
taste and sight
d)
smell and sight
11.
What is the meaning of intercepted?
a)
targeted
b)
caught
c)
stopped
d)
challenged
12.
How did Gerta and Fritz let their father know that they were digging?
a)
Gerta called him on the phone and told him.
b)
Fritz sent a telegram across the wall.
c)
Gerta sent him a letter asking for money to help plant a garden.
d)
Gerta sent a letter asking for money for another shovel.
13.
What conflict does Anna experience?
a)
whether or not to help Gerta dig the tunnel when Gerta pleads for her help
b)
believing Herr Krause's information
c)
accepting the fact that Peter was rebellious
d)
accepting money from the Stasi in order to gather information
14.
What does camouflage mean?
a)
conceal / hide
b)
repair
c)
change
d)
correct
15.
While Gerta and Fritz are in their home, why did they have to speak so positively and "lay it on thick" about being so happy?
a)
to please their mother
b)
to please Frau Eberhart
c)
to please Anna
d)
to please the hidden microphones
16.
Which obstacle did Gerta and Fritz NOT face when digging the tunnel?
a)
breaking their shovel
b)
Gerta getting caught stealing the shovel by an informant
c)
being visited by the Stasi
d)
being visited by Anna
17.
What conflict does Fritz experience?
a)
whether or not to ask his girlfriend to marry him
b)
deciding to get in the car with Peter
c)
selling his Beatles albums for clothing
d)
trusting and going through with Gerta's plan to dig a tunnel
18.
What conflict does Gerta face?
a)
Trading a Beatles album for a banana
b)
Developling a way to easily dispose of all the dirt
c)
Giving the Stasi her shovel
d)
Ironing her wrinkled clothes
19.
What does the word humility mean?
a)
humbleness
b)
instability
c)
fatality
d)
pride
20.
True or false?
This political cartoon would have never been published in East Germany because the Communist government controlled all printing machines.
This political cartoon would have never been published in East Germany because the Communist government controlled all printing machines.
a)
True
b)
False
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