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100

How Did Fritz Try To Escape?

Swimming The Spree

100

Who Is Gerta's Best Friend In A Night Divided?

Anna

100

Why Did Gerta Have Clothes Line By The Pond?

To Dump Dirt In The Pond

100

What Does Chisel Mean?

To Cut Or Shape (something) With A Chisel. For Example, He Carved Out That Shape With A Chisel.

100

Who Is The Stasi?

The Secret Police

200

Who Are The Main Two People That Dug The Tunnel?

Gerta And Fritz

200

Who Is The Person That Took The Bullet For Gerta?

Officer Muller

200

What Is The 50th Word On Page 128?

"Should"

200

What Does Collective Mean?

Collective is a word that describes a group of people acting together. For Example,Your neighbor who is the only one on the block who refuses to mow her lawn?

200

When Did The Berlin Wall Go Up?

August 13, 1961

300

What Is Gerta's Last Name?

Lowe

300

Who Is The Nosey Neighbor In Gerta's Apartment Building?

 Frau Eberhart.

300

What was Gerta And Fritz Caught Doing By Officer Muller?

Digging The Tunnel

300

What Does Manipulation Mean?

Exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage

“his manipulation of his friends was scandalous”

300

When Did The Berlin Wall Come Down (Fall Down)

The Berlin Wall Fell On 9 November 1989

400

What Year Did Fritz Say He Had To Join The Military?

When He Was 18

400

Who Caught Officer Muller And Shot Him In Chapter 47?

The Grenzers

400

Why Was Herr Krouse Arrested?

 He Was Arrested For Operating A Free Press From His Home And Stamping Things That Are Illegal On Them.

400

What Does Defiance Mean?

To Do The Opposite Of Something You're Told To Do. For Example, Refusing to go to bed when your parents tell you to? 

400

Why Did The Berlin Wall Go Up?

The Wall was designed to prevent people from escaping to the West from East Berlin

500

What Two Family Members Left To Find A Job And A Apartment In West Berlin?

Papa (Aldous Lowe) And Dominic

500

What Is The Relationship Between Gerta and Fritz?

They Are Siblings

500

Where Did Gerta Find The Door To Fix The Dent In The Tunnel?

She Found It At The Top Of The Welcome Building.

500

 What Does Deliberately Mean?

Deliberately means on purpose. For example, you may have noticed how the schoolyard bully deliberately chose to pick on the smallest kids at recess.

500

How Long Did It Take To Build The Berlin Wall? 

Two Weeks (August 13, 1961)