Number the Stars
How old was Annemarie when the story began?
10
How old is Annemarie when the war ends?
12
When was the Danish Resistance movement mobilized?
1943
How many German soldiers stop Annemarie and Kirsti on their way home?
2
How many soldiers appear on the path in front of Annemarie?
4
What time does Annemarie wake up to find Mrs. Johansen is not yet back?
4:30 am
For what novel did Lowry receive the International Reading Association Children's book award in 1978?
A Summer to Die
Who actually experienced many of the events which occur in the novel?
Annelise Platt
What was the name of the young man who inspired Peter's character?
Kim Malthe-Bunn
Who does Annemarie try to act like when she is talking to the soldiers?
Kirsti
Who does Ellen disguise herself as when the soldiers come to the Johansens' house?
Lise
Who in Annemarie's family died a few years before the novel began?
Lise
From where does Annemarie put Ellen's star of David necklace?
Lise's dress
Why did the Germans close Mrs. Hirsch's store?
Mrs. Hirsch is Jewish
Who is afraid of the sea?
Mrs. Rosen
Where are the Johansens when Denmark is liberated?
On their balcony in Copenhagen.
What does Annemarie notice in the grass?
Peter's package
How did Lise Johansen die?
She was run over by Nazis
What country does Annemarie remember seeing from the shore near Henrik's house?
Sweden
What is the name of the illegal resistance paper?
The Free Danes
Where did Lowry finish her college degree?
The University of Maine
Why do the soldiers stop Annemarie on her way to Uncle Henrik's boat?
They are looking for escaping Jews
How do the Rosens keep from getting caught by Nazis?
They escape to Sweden
Where do Annemarie, Ellen, and Kirsti pretend they are going?
Tivoli gardens
What does Mrs. Johansen say that great-aunt Birte died of?
Typhus
What is Annemarie woken by after falling asleep in a chair?
headlights
What animal used to wait for Mr. Johansen after school?
her dog
What did King Christian X continue to ride through the streets of Copenhagen daily?
his horse
What does Annemarie tell the soldiers her uncle forgot?
his lunch
Where does Annemarie hide the package?
in a basket
What prominent aspect of childhood becomes impossible for Anne Marie?
innocence
Why does Henrik need the handkerchief in the packet?
it keeps the german dogs from smelling humans
What fairy tale does Annemarie think of as she walks toward the boat?
little red-riding hood
The trip through the woods marks a symbolic transformation in Annemarie towards what?
maturity
What does Peter give the baby before they leave for Henrik's boat?
medicine to make it sleep through the trip
What does Henrik teach Annemarie to do while he tells her about smuggling people to safety?
milk a cow
Where does Annemarie think the Hirsch family might have gone?
on a picnic
By Annemarie's calculations, how long should it take Mrs. Johansen to get back from the boat?
one hour
What two words describe Mrs. Johansen's bravery?
physical and emotional
The simplicity of Annemarie's statements make them ______
profound
When Peter reads aloud before the voyage to Sweden, the ___________ in the story represents Annemarie's tainted view of the world
stars
What was Mr. Rosen's profession?
teacher
Where does Annemarie angrily confront Henrik?
the barn
Kirsti wrongly remembers fireworks going off on her birthday. What really happened?
the king ordered the Danish navy to be destroyed
What falls into the milk, making Annemarie and Henrik laugh?
the kitten
Where is the casket placed in the house?
the living room
How do the Rosens find out that the Nazis had their names on a list?
the rabbi in their synagogue
Lowry was impressed by the Danes' bravery and devotion to who or what?
their king
The Danes' destroyed __________ in 1943
their navy
War makes Annemarie into a _______ girl
thoughtful and introspective
What does Peter request in the letter he writes before he dies?
to be buried next to Lise
Why must Mr. Johansen stay at home when the rest of his family goes to Henrik's?
to keep the soldiers from getting suspicious
How does Kirsti feel about the German Soldiers and death?
unafraid
Where was Mr. Johansen while Mrs. Johansen is escorting the Rosens?
In Copenhagen
What was Mrs. Johansen's first name?
Inge
After which God is the kitten named?
god of thunder
What is the name of the fictional great-aunt that Henrik says has died?
Birte
What king does Annemarie think about as Kirsti sleeps?
Christian X
Why is Kirsti upset when Ellen leaves?
Ellen left during the night when she was asleep
In the novel ________ are often used to explain something that is hard to understand or cope with
Fairy Tales
Where did Lois Lowry get the title of her novel?
From a Psalm
Where does Henrik live?
Gilleleje
In Chapter 4, what do Ellen and Annemarie play with their paper dolls?
Gone with the Wind
What popular story do the girls turn into a game?
Gone with the Wind
Where was Lois Lowry born?
Hawaii
How does Henrik keep his Jewish passengers hidden?
He hides them under the deck of the boat.
Who or what is Blossom?
Henrik's cow
What must Ellen remove to keep the Germans from guessing she is Jewish?
Her Star of David necklace
Mr. Johansen says he is sending his wife to Henrik's with __________
a carton of cigarettes
What does Kirsti long for, which she says out loud?
a cupcake
Annemarie carried a package to her Uncle Henrik. What was in the package?
a handkerchief
What is Kirsti playing with in the kitchen when Annemarie gets up?
a kitten
Mrs. Johansen sends Kirsti, Ellen and Annemarie to Mrs. Hirsch's shop to fix what part of Kirsti's jacket?
a missing button
How does Ellen wear the star of David?
a necklace
After the officers depart, what does Peter read aloud?
a psalm
What does Peter bring Annemarie when he visits in Chapter 3?
a seashell
What is on the handkerchief that stops dogs from being able to smell the people on the boat?
a special drug
Ellen's desire to ________ becomes symbolic for the terrible way the war forces people to play specific roles.
act
What does Ellen want to be when she grows up?
an actress
What was in the casket?
blankets and clothes
Annemarie walks past one of her favorite summer spots. What is growing there?
blueberries
According to Henrik, what word means to do what you must without thinking of the danger?
bravery
As Henrik explains, knowing too much can make what harder?
bravery
How did Mrs. Johansen keep the soldiers from opening the casket?
by saying that her aunt had died of typhus
What did Swedish scientists use a mix of in order to temporarily kill a dog's sense of smell?
cocaine and rabbit blood
In Chapter 8, Henrik tells Mrs. Johansen that the next day will be a day for...
fishing
