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Number the Stars - Chapters 1-2 Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where do Annemarie, Ellen, and Kirsti live in the beginning of the novel? 
a)
Paris, France
b)
Copenhagen, Denmark
c)
Berlin, Germany
d)
The Netherlands
2.
Which two girls are sisters? 
a)
Annemarie and Ellen
b)
Annemarie and Kirsti
c)
Ellen and Kirsti
d)
None of them are related
3.

What does rucksack mean?

a)

pout

b)

backpack

c)

gripped

d)

plate

4.

Which word means to run quickly and lightly, like a mouse?

a)

scurried

b)

trembled

c)

tangled

d)

scold

5.

How does Annemarie feel about being stopped by the German soldiers?

a)

afraid

b)

angry

c)

bored

d)

confident

6.
Who brings the illegal newspaper to Annemarie's parents? 
a)
Peter Nielson, Lise's fiance
b)
Peter, Annemarie's cousin
c)
Mrs. Rosen
d)
Annemarie
7.

How had the war affected the people?

a)

Children could no longer attend school.

b)

People were not allowed to charge.

c)

The people of Copenhagen could not get certain foods such as butter, coffee, and

sugar.

d)

Everyone was happy.

8.

King Christian X's bodyguards were ___.

a)

all of Denmark

b)

the Danish soldiers

c)

the royal guards

9.

What happened to Lise?

a)

Lise married Peter.

b)

Lise died in an accident.

c)

Lise moved to Sweden.

d)

Lise went to King Christian X's palace to work.

10.

Which question does Chapters 1-2 answer?

a)

What did the people of Denmark think of their King Christian?

b)

When will the Second World War end?

c)

How does Peter get the illegal newspaper De Fri Danske-The Free Danes?

d)

When will the Germans leave Denmark?

11.

What happened when the Norwegians tried to stop the Germans from invading their country?

a)

Norway won

b)

Norway was crushed

c)

The Germans had to retreat

d)

The Germans could not fight against the mighty Norwegians

12.

Which excerpt from Number the Stars best supports the belief that Peter was unhappy?

a)

Redheaded Peter, her sister's fiance, had not married anyone in the years since Lise's death

b)

Lise was a grownup girl of eighteen, then, about to be married to Peter Neilsen

c)

Annemarie listened, and she knew what her mother was referring to. De Frie Danske - The Free Danes - was an illegal newspaper; Peter Neilsen brought it to them occasionally, carefully folded and hidden among ordinary books and papers

d)

He no longer sang the nonsense songs that had once made Annemarie and Kirsti shriek with laughter

13.

Who was referred to as the "Giraffe"?

a)

Peter Neilsen

b)

The German soldier on the corner

c)

The shopkeeper

d)

Annemarie

14.

Check ALL the events that took place in chapter 1.

a)

Kirsti asks Mama for cupcakes

b)

Peter and Lise get married

c)

Annemarie, Ellen, and Kirsti are stopped by German soldiers

d)

Annemarie told Kirsti a fairytale

e)

Ellen and Annemarie were practicing for a running race at school

15.

In chapter 1, Annemarie is described as

a)

balanced

b)

mean

c)

stocky

d)

lanky