Image Analysis: Notice & Wonder

Which vocabulary word means 'A piece of land given to someone to use.'?

• allotment

• agreement

• assignment

• apartment

Which vocabulary word means 'The secret police in East Germany.'?

• Stasi

• Gestapo

• KGB

• CIA

Which vocabulary word means 'Border guards in East Germany.'?

• Grenzers

• Stasi

• Bundeswehr

• Vopos

Which vocabulary word means 'The money used in East Germany.'?

• Ostmarks

• Francs

• Yen

• Pesos

Which vocabulary word means 'The police force in East Germany.'?

• Volkspolizei

• Stasi

• Bundeswehr

• Gestapo

Why did they need to eat a lot of food?

• To get their strength back after working hard in the tunnel.

• Because they were bored and had nothing else to do.

• To celebrate a festival.

• Because they wanted to waste food.

How did Gerta and Fritz trick the hidden microphones in their apartment?

• They talked about how much they loved their land and gardening, and exaggerated their feelings to avoid suspicion.

• They played loud music to drown out their conversations.

• They wrote notes to each other instead of speaking.

• They pretended to be asleep whenever they were in the apartment.

Why did Gerta and Fritz need a backup plan?

• They needed a backup plan in case they couldn't finish the tunnel before Fritz's eighteenth birthday.

• They wanted to escape to another country by boat.

• They were planning to build a bridge instead of a tunnel.

• They needed a way to hide from their neighbors.

According to the passage, why didn't Gerta like Fritz's idea of swimming across the Spree River?

• It was too dangerous, and they couldn't leave their mother behind.

• She didn't know how to swim.

• She thought the river was too cold.

• She wanted to find another way to escape.

Why did Fritz want to buy a wheelbarrow instead of food?

• He thought it would be faster and safer to carry dirt with a wheelbarrow.

• He wanted to use it as a decoration in his garden.

• He believed it would help him cook better meals.

• He thought it would be a good place to store his books.