Characters
The protagonist of A Night Divided.
Who is Gerta?
What kind of seeds did Papa send Gerta?
What is squash?
The type of government ruling East Berlin in the story.
What is communism?
The year the Berlin Wall was constructed.
What is 1961?
This quote is an example of what type of figurative language:
"But the routine was starting to wear on me." (p. 75)
What is an idiom?
Gerta's brother who helps her throughout the story.
Who is Fritz?
Gerta's family gets separated due to this event.
What is the building of the Berlin Wall?
The main theme of family members being separated in the book and their willingness to do anything to be together.
What is bravery?
The war that had recently ended prior to the events of the book.
What is World War II?
What type of figurative language is used in this quote:
"She was practically quoting the state's propaganda, no better than a puppet on a string"
What is a metaphor?
The family member who didn't want to leave East Berlin.
Who is Mama?
The sign Gerta knows she needs to dig.
What is the song and dance Papa performs on the platform?
This word describes Gerta and Fritz's determination to escape the East.
What is perseverance?
The global rivalry reflected in the division of Berlin.
What is the Cold War?
What type of figurative language is used in this quote:
"Behind the wall, we all knew the neighborhood tattler was a dangerous fire" (p. 88)
What is a simile?
The person who keeps Mama from wanting to go to the West.
Who is Oma Gertrude?
Who is Officer Muller?
A significant symbol of freedom throughout the end of the novel.
What is a shovel?
The date the Berlin Wall was constructed.
What is August 13, 1961?
What type of figurative language is used in this quote:
"Sadness stabbed at my gut for how wrong this was, how unfair,"(p. 216)
What is personification?
The soldier who becomes and unexpected ally.
Who is Officer Mueller?
The item Mama uses to bribe Viktor to let them go.
What is a trabant (car)?
Theme representing the efforts to find and preserve personal liberty.
What is freedom?
The very first construction of the wall was made of this material.
What is barbed wire?
What type of figurative language is used in this quote:
"But my face had turned to stone, just as hers used to do." (p. 185)
What is a metaphor?