Number the Stars Assessment

Annemarie and Ellen are ______

• sisters
• friends 
• neighbors
• neighbors and friends

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

This story is set in ________________________

• Copenhagen, Denmark
• Paris, France
• San Antonio, Texas
• Brussels, Germany

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Go!" shouted Annemarie, and the two girls were off, racing along the residential sidewalk.  Annemarie's silvery blond hair flew behind her, and Ellen's dark pigtails bounced against her shoulders.
How is imagery created in this passage?

• through a simile
• through descriptive adjectives

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

For Kirsti, the soldiers were simply part of the landscape, something that had always been there, on every corner, as unimportant as lampposts, throughout her remembered life.
According to this passage, how does Kirsti view the soldiers?

• as mean and scary
• as helpers of the community
• as part of everyday life
• as selfish and angry

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What happened to Lise?

• She died in an accident two weeks before her wedding
• She was run down by a Nazi car
• She ran away from home and never returned
• She married Peter

Which of the following best describes Annemarie's feelings toward Peter?

• uncaring
• suspicion. jealousy
• anger, resentment
• pride, love

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What did Annemarie take from Ellen seconds before the soldiers came into her bedroom that night?

• her journal
• her necklace
• a picture of her mother
• her ring

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

When the soldiers show up at Annemarie's house in the middle of the night, who do the Johansens say that Ellen is?

• a visiting relative
• a school friend
• a neighbor
• Annemarie's sister

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is the genre of Number the Stars?

• science fiction
• drama
• historical fiction
• nonfiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Uncle Henrik glanced over at her and smiled without pausing in the rhythm of the milking... His strong hands continued, deftly pressing like a pulse against the cow.  The steady stream of milk still came
Using context clues, what is the best meaning for the word deftly as it used in the passage. 

• intelligently
• firmly
• sternly
• skillfully

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4