“The Giraffe” the nickname Annemarie had for one of the soldiers on the street is an example of what figure of speech?
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification
What is a metaphor?
100
“She reached down for Kirsti’s hand, but Kirsti, always stubborn, refused it and put her hands on her hips _______.”
a.meanly
b. defiantly
c. hurtfully
What is defiantly?
200
The country where Copenhagen is located.
What is Denmark?
200
The point of view our book is written in.
What is third person
200
Who is Peter?
What is the boy their sister was supposed to marry.
200
“It was still raining the next morning when Mama told me. Mama was crying, and the rain made it seem as if the world was crying.” This is an example of what?
a. personification
b. symbolism
c. metaphor
What is personification?
200
Choose a word that was used in the book to describe Kirsti:
a. small
b. kind
c. obstinate
What is obstinate?
300
The country the girls could see from across the sea
What is Sweden?
300
Ten year old Annemarie Johansen finds herself having to learn to be brave and courageous in order to save the life of her best friend Ellen and her parents. This is an example of the ______ of Number the Stars.
a.theme
b.narrator
c.plot
What is the plot?
300
Who was called ‘the Giraffe’?
What is the tall soldier on the street corner.
300
“And her parents loved Peter too. They said he was like a son.” This is an example of what figure of speech?
a. metaphor
b. simile
c. alliteration
What is simile?
300
Restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity….
There was a _____ on coffee during WWII.
a. limit
b. ration
c. run
What is ration?
400
The years in which our story may have taken place.
What is 1942-1945 (WWII)
400
Annemarie taking Ellen's necklace with the Star of David on it, and hiding it from the soldiers is an example of
a. personification
b. plot
c. symbolism
What is symbolism? The Star of David is a symbol of the Jewish religion. Annemarie's decision to hide it is a symbol for how Ellen had to hide the fact that she was a Jew from the soldiers.
400
Name at least two secondary characters in the story?
What is Kirsti, Peter, Mother, Father, Uncle Henrik. Mr. and Mrs. Rosen
400
Kirsti naming her kitten ‘Thor’, for the god of Thunder’ is an example of what figure of speech?
a. allusion
b. simile
c. metaphor
What is an allusion (when an author uses something familiar or historical in their story to make a connection with the readers)
400
The ______ girl thought she was better than everyone else.
a. haughty
b. obstinate
c. defiant
What is haughty?
500
"A bird's nest, wispy with straw, was half hidden in the corner where the roof met the wall above a bedroom window" This is a description of which setting in our book.
What is Uncle Henrik's farmhouse
500
When the problem or conflict begins for Annemarie and her family in the story.
a. When they decide to lie to the soldiers and say that Ellen
is their daughter.
b. When Denmark fell to the Nazis
c. When Lise died
a. What is when they decide to lie to the soldiers and say that Ellen is their daughter?
500
How did Annemarie’s older sister die?
What is she was hit by a car on a rainy night.
500
“Thank goodness Kirsti slept through almost everything. If they had wakened her, she would be wailing-or worse she would be angry, and her fists would fly.” The yellow part is an example of what figure of speech?
a. simile
b. theme
c. idiom
What is an idiom?
500
The Nazis sought out ways to ______ the Jews.
a. relocate
b. torment
c. reassure