Number the Stars

Who am I?

100

I am Ellen's best friend. I am also courageous and saved my friend.

Annemarie

200

I am an only child. I have dark hair that I wear in pig tails. I wore a Star of David necklace in the novel.

Ellen

300

I am 5 years old. I love stories about kings and queens. I had to wear shoes made of fish skin. I am usually stubborn and outspoken.

Kirsti

400

I am a fisherman and own a house by the sea.

Uncle Henrik

500

Name both these characters- they were engaged to each other. Both were killed by German soldiers.

Lise and Peter

Vocabulary

100

To move to a new place

relocate

200

To break on purpose

sabatoge

300

A person who is a legal resident of a city or country. 

citizen

400

An infectious disease that "Aunt Bertie" had. 

Typhus

500

A Jewish place of worship. (spelling counts!)

Synagogue 

Vocab 2

100

A person whose job is to protect someone. 

bodyguard

200

To jump quickly on something and maybe attack. 

Pounce

300

A way of doing things in a group or culture. 

custom 

400

A box used to put to hold a dead body.

casket

500

A feeling of absolute hate

contempt

Novel Questions

100

Who were King Christian X's bodyguards?

All of Denmark

200

Explain how Lise died?

In the Resistance, was run down in a car by German soldiers

300

Number the Stars is historical fiction. Explain a factual and fictional part of this novel.

answers vary.

400

What happened to the Danish Naval ships?

The Danish Navy blew up their own ships so the Germans could not use them.

500

What did it mean when Mr. Johansen asked if it was a good day for fishing and that Mrs. Johansen was bringing Uncle Henrik some cigarettes?

if it was safe to bring Jewish people to sneak into Sweden.

More Novel Questions

100

What is important about the location of Uncle Henrik's farm?

It is across the sea from Sweden

200

Give an example of someone in Number the Stars being brave?

Answers will vary.

300

Who is G.F. Duckwitz?

The real German who warned a rabbi about the "relocation"- saved many Jewish people.

400

Explain Aunt Birte's funeral. Who was she? Who were the guests at her funeral? Why wasn't the casket open?

Fake funeral for a fake aunt. The guests were Jewish people waiting to be taken to Sweden. The casket was closed because it only held clothes- not a body.

500

While in the woods, why did Annemarie start telling herself the story of Little Red Riding Hood? Explain the metaphor.

To keep her calm. The German soldiers and their dogs were the wovles, she was Little Red Riding Hood.