Number The Stars Reading Comprehension Worksheet With Answers

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Period: __________
Study Guide
Number the Stars: Final Test
This test will consist of 25 multiple-choice and true/false questions. Because you will be required to bubble
your responses onto a scan-tron, please bring a #2 pencil with you to class on testing day.
Characterization:
1) Main character of the novel; 10 year old Danish girl; had to be "brave"; delivered the handkerchief
to Uncle Henrik, which ultimately saved her Jewish friends:
Annemarie Johansen
2) Main character’s best friend; 10 years old; was separated from her family for a time, but was
reunited with them just before she was taken to the safety of a neutral country:
Ellen Rosen
3) Main character’s five-year old sister; loves fairy tales about kings and queens; often speaks her
mind and doesn’t recognize the danger associated with the Nazi occupation:
Kirsti Johansen
4) He was engaged to our main character’s older sister; he is part of the “resistance” movement; he
was ultimately killed for trying to stop the Nazi's progress:
Peter Nielsen
5) Real-life Resistance leader from Denmark who was eventually captured by the Nazis; Lois Lowry (the
book’s author) read about him during her research for the novel:
Kim Malthe-Bruun
Plot Comprehension:
6) Why was Uncle Henrik the perfect person for Ellen to go see?
Because he lives near the sea, close to Sweden, he can help the Jews reach safety; and his
job as a fisherman means he is often traveling near Sweden by boat.
7) In reading class, the word "mood" means the emotions that the reader experiences when reading a
piece of literature. In other words, mood is the way you feel when reading a piece of writing.
Describe the mood of chapter seven, to include an explanation of why this chapter's mood is
different from the mood of the surrounding chapters.
Unlike the previous chapters which showed the tension and fear caused by living in the city,
the countryside near Henrik's home was calm and enjoyable, so chapter seven felt more
relaxed than those that surround it.
8) Why did Lois Lowry (the author) end chapter seven the way she did? {In other words, what was
the author's purpose in telling us, "Tonight there was no laughter at all"?
To show that although the characters were more relaxed than they had been at home in the
city, the true purpose of the trip was to save Ellen from danger.

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