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A Night Divided

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

On August 13, 1961, what event occurred while everyone slept?

a)

WW2 began

b)

Gerta and her family escaped to West Berlin

c)

Germany was split into thirds

d)

A wall was built around the city to divide East and West Berlin

2.

What family members were in the west and hadn’t come home yet?

a)

Gerta, her mother, and Fritz

b)

Her father and her brother Dominic

c)

Gerta and her mother

d)

Gerta, Dominic, and Fritz

3.

Who were the Grenztruppen?

a)

The secret police

b)

The Westerners

c)

The border police

d)

The university students

4.

How much time had passed between chapter 1 and chapter 4?

a)

2 years

b)

4 years

c)

6 years

d)

8 years

5.

What did Peter Warner try to do and how did he plan to accomplish it?

a)

He tried to escape by swimming the Spree River

b)

He tried to escape by bribing the border police

c)

He tried to escape in a car driven by university students

6.

Who were the Stasi?

a)

The Westerners

b)

The border police

c)

The secret police

d)

The university students

7.

Who is the author of A Night Divided?

a)

Jennifer A. Nielsen

b)

Lauren Wolk

c)

Gary Soto

8.

What is the name of Gerta's best friend?

a)

Anna

b)

Jennifer

c)

Jessica

9.

Why did the Stasi come for Herr Krause?

a)

He was writing secret notes and making his own stamps

b)

He was writing newspapers

c)

He was having secret meetings

10.

What did Gerta sneak out to get before curfew was lifted and why?

a)

A shovel to help dig the tunnel

b)

A pulley to help lift dirt from the tunnel

c)

A package from Papa with money in it

11.

Why did Gerta go to Anna’s building?

a)

To see how wide the death strip was.

b)

To look for evidence that Anna was a spy

c)

To apologize and try to be friends again

12.

What did Gerta see while she was there to let her know Anna was a spy?

a)

Brown boots covered in dirt from the tunnel

b)

Sandals covered in dirt from the tunnel

c)

Black boots covered in dirt from the tunnel

13.

What signal did they give Officer Muller that tonight was the night to leave?

a)

They left the pulley out

b)

Gerta waved to him

c)

They left the shovel out

14.

Who did not make it out of the tunnel alive?

a)

Muller

b)

Fritz

c)

Mama

d)

Gerta

15.

Name all of the people who gathered in the tunnel to escape.

a)

Gerta, her mom, Fritz, Muller, his wife and child, Anna and her family

b)

Gerta, her mom, and Fritz

c)

Gerta, her mom, Fritz, Muller, his wife and child

16.

Which fruit did Fritz sneak in for Gerta?

a)

Banana

b)

Apple

c)

Grapes

d)

Orange

17.

What was the land called between East Germany and West Germany?

a)

The Wired Wall

b)

The Spree

c)

The Death Strip

18.

What is an ostmark?

a)

bird

b)

money

c)

bread

d)

vegetable

19.

What are schreibergarten?

a)

alloted spaces for growing a garden

b)

watchtowers along the Berlin Wall

c)

border police

d)

secret police

20.

Why couldn't they connect the two tunnels?

a)

They were on opposite sides of the wall

b)

It was too shallow, and the tunnel would cave in

c)

One of the tunnels was dug by the Stasi

21.

What POV is this book told from?

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd limited

d)

3rd onmiscient

22.

"They stood like iron statues with stern expressions and long rifles in their hands" is an example of a

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

23.

Gerta had to decide whether or not to start digging a tunnel.

a)

internal conflict

b)

external conflict

24.

Gerta and Fritz had to keep their tunnel hidden from the Grenzers.

a)

internal conflict

b)

external conflict