WorksheetsA Night Divided
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 45mins
On August 13, 1961, what event occurred while everyone slept?
WW2 began
Gerta and her family escaped to West Berlin
Germany was split into thirds
A wall was built around the city to divide East and West Berlin
What family members were in the west and hadn’t come home yet?
Gerta, her mother, and Fritz
Her father and her brother Dominic
Gerta and her mother
Gerta, Dominic, and Fritz
Who were the Grenztruppen?
The secret police
The Westerners
The border police
The university students
How much time had passed between chapter 1 and chapter 4?
2 years
4 years
6 years
8 years
What did Peter Warner try to do and how did he plan to accomplish it?
He tried to escape by swimming the Spree River
He tried to escape by bribing the border police
He tried to escape in a car driven by university students
Who were the Stasi?
The Westerners
The border police
The secret police
The university students
Who is the author of A Night Divided?
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Lauren Wolk
Gary Soto
What is the name of Gerta's best friend?
Anna
Jennifer
Jessica
Why did the Stasi come for Herr Krause?
He was writing secret notes and making his own stamps
He was writing newspapers
He was having secret meetings
What did Gerta sneak out to get before curfew was lifted and why?
A shovel to help dig the tunnel
A pulley to help lift dirt from the tunnel
A package from Papa with money in it
Why did Gerta go to Anna’s building?
To see how wide the death strip was.
To look for evidence that Anna was a spy
To apologize and try to be friends again
What did Gerta see while she was there to let her know Anna was a spy?
Brown boots covered in dirt from the tunnel
Sandals covered in dirt from the tunnel
Black boots covered in dirt from the tunnel
What signal did they give Officer Muller that tonight was the night to leave?
They left the pulley out
Gerta waved to him
They left the shovel out
Who did not make it out of the tunnel alive?
Muller
Fritz
Mama
Gerta
Name all of the people who gathered in the tunnel to escape.
Gerta, her mom, Fritz, Muller, his wife and child, Anna and her family
Gerta, her mom, and Fritz
Gerta, her mom, Fritz, Muller, his wife and child
Which fruit did Fritz sneak in for Gerta?
Banana
Apple
Grapes
Orange
What was the land called between East Germany and West Germany?
The Wired Wall
The Spree
The Death Strip
What is an ostmark?
bird
money
bread
vegetable
What are schreibergarten?
alloted spaces for growing a garden
watchtowers along the Berlin Wall
border police
secret police
Why couldn't they connect the two tunnels?
They were on opposite sides of the wall
It was too shallow, and the tunnel would cave in
One of the tunnels was dug by the Stasi
What POV is this book told from?
1st
2nd
3rd limited
3rd onmiscient
"They stood like iron statues with stern expressions and long rifles in their hands" is an example of a
metaphor
simile
onomatopoeia
Gerta had to decide whether or not to start digging a tunnel.
internal conflict
external conflict
Gerta and Fritz had to keep their tunnel hidden from the Grenzers.
internal conflict
external conflict
