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Number the Stars Section 2 Comprehension Questions

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did Uncle Henrik's farm (outside) look?

a)

overrun with plants

b)

beautiful

c)

ancient

d)

run down and in need of repairs

2.

What warning did Mama give the girls?

a)

for Ellen not to wear her necklace

b)

to stay out of the ocean

c)

to not speak to anyone

d)

the animals might bite

3.

From where did the title of this book, Number the Stars, come from?

a)

a song the Jews sang

b)

a psalm from the Bible

c)

a story about the revolution

d)

a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen

4.

Who helped the Rosen's find Henrik's boat?

a)

Peter

b)

Ellen

c)

Mama

d)

Annemarie

5.

What country do Annemarie and Ellen see across the water from Uncle Henrik's house?

a)

Germany

b)

Sweden

c)

Austria

d)

Spain

6.

Uncle Henrik tells Annemarie, "It is easier to be brave when..."?

a)

You are older

b)

You have someone to talk to

c)

You know the full truth

d)

You do not know everything

7.

Who were the "friends" of Great Aunt Birtie?

a)

Jewish people trying to escape the country

b)

Danish resistance leaders trying to capture soldiers

c)

Uncle Henrik's relatives coming to pay their respects

d)

Annemarie's friends coming over for a long weekend

8.

Who intruded upon the funeral at Uncle Henrik's house?

a)

Mr. Johansen

b)

Nazi soldiers

c)

Uncle Henrik's friends

d)

The mail man

9.

Why do the soldiers tell Mama to keep the casket closed?

a)

Mama tells the soldiers she doesn't have the strength to open it.

b)

Mama tells the soldiers there is no one in the casket.

c)

Mama tells the soldiers Great Aunt Birtie had typhus.

d)

Mama tells the soldiers that she will not open it.

10.

What does Annemarie realize, although never told, about where the Rosen's are going?

a)

They are going across the sea to Sweden.

b)

They are going to the ghetto.

c)

They are going to a concentration camp.

d)

They are going to their grandparent's house.