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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who regularly takes Uncle Henrik's milk?
2. Which of the following is a famous storyteller who was also a Dane?
3. Who gave Ellen the Star of David necklace?
4. Which word describes best how Annemarie feels at the end of Chapter 5?
5. What surrounds the casket in Uncle Henrik's living room?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Annemarie get off Ellen's necklace in Chapter 5?
2. Why does Papa agree it would be better if Mama takes the girls alone to Uncle Henrik's house?
3. Why is Annemarie confused by Henrik announcing that tomorrow would be a good day for fishing?
4. What does Mama want to know once the girls return into Uncle Henrik's house after their fun in the ocean?
5. How does Ellen feel as she falls asleep that first night at Annemarie's house?
6. How did Annemarie find out the fireworks were not for Kirsti's birthday?
7. Why do you think Annemarie does not know what happened to her sister when she died?
8. Why does Mrs. Rosen tell the girls in Chapter 1 that it is safer to avoid the German soldiers?
9. To whom does Annemarie realize she is inadvertently lying in Chapter 9?
10. What does Annemarie promise about Ellen's Star of David necklace in Chapter 7?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay discussing how reality was blended into fiction to create this novel. Use information from the text to support your essay.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay comparing how Annemarie or Papa must have felt, waiting for something in the current society. Use personal experience/knowledge and events from the story to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Throughout Number the Stars, there are a variety of contrasts. Choose two such contrasts and describe each in detail, using specific examples from the text. Include how each item is in contrast to the other. Be specific and detailed.
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