Number the Stars

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What is Peter’s final request?

A) To be buried next to Lise

B) To be spared from the firing squad

C) To have a final meal with the Johansens

D) To have a private execution

2. What role do fairy tales and storytelling play in the novel?

A) They distract from the main narrative.

B) They provide a way for characters to escape their reality.

C) They add humor to the story.

D) They highlight the differences between the Danes and the Germans.

3. Which best describes Annemarie’s relationship with Ellen?

A) Though drastically different people, they learn to find ways to build a life-saving friendship.

B) Strangers thrown together through war, they become fast friends and help each other survive.

C) Their established friendship empowers them to find a source of remarkable courage during a crisis.

D) Despite growing up on opposing sides of a bloody conflict, they find friendship and peace.

4. What does the title Number the Stars signify?

A) The countless soldiers lost in the war

B) The Jewish people saved from the Holocaust

C) The different nations involved in World War II

D) The individual stories of each character in the book

5. How does the character of Kirsti defy the expectations of the reader and the other characters?

A) Kirsti is the most fearful character in the novel.

B) Kirsti betrays her family to the Nazis.

C) Kirsti understands the implications of the war and acts accordingly.

D) Kirsti’s bluntness often aids in protecting her family.

6. What does the sea represent to the characters?

A) Freedom and safety

B) Danger and fear

C) The characters’ pasts

D) Life’s unpredictable nature

7. How does the author create tension and suspense?

A) By frequently changing the point of view

B) By using humor and sarcasm from the adult characters

C) By depicting characters’ emotions and perilous situations in detail

D) By keeping the story’s setting vague and unclear

8. How does Uncle Henrik’s occupation as a fisherman influence the events of the story?

A) It emphasizes his close ties to nature and the sea.

B) It is key because he uses his fishing skills to fight the Nazis.

C) It provides comic relief through humorous fishing anecdotes.

D) It serves as a disguise for his role in the Resistance.

9. How are the Nazis depicted?

A) As sympathetic characters who are just following orders

B) As faceless and impersonal threats embodying fear and oppression

C) As fully rounded characters with their own internal struggles

D) As misunderstood individuals who are victims of their circumstances

10. How does Annemarie feel about the German soldiers at the beginning?

A) She is afraid of them.

B) She is fascinated by them.

C) She is indifferent to them.

D) She is happy to see them.

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. How does Annemarie’s perception of heroism change throughout the course of the story?

2. What does the Star of David symbolize in the story?