Number the Stars Chapter 1

1) Why didn’t Ellen want to race Anne Marie?

A: She didn’t want to race her because she knew she would get beat.

2) What stopped the girls’ race?

A:The soldiers stopped them.

3) Did Anne Marie and Ellen tell their mothers what happened?

A:They didn’t have to because when they got home they found out that Anne Marie’s little sister Kirsti already did.

4) How did Mrs.Johansen explain the soldiers’ unease?

A:She said that they were making sure something else wasn’t going to get bombed like a lot of things.

5) What was De frie Danke ?

A:It was an Illegal newspaper

6) Who were the resistance fighters? How did they operate?

A: They were people who hid their identity and went and either helped Jews escape, or bombed German factories.

7) What did Kirsti want to eat? Why couldn’t she have it?

A:She wanted a big cupcake with pink frosting… She couldn’t have it because sugar and butter was rationed.

Thought Questions:

1) Why wasn’t Kirsti afraid of the soldiers?

A:She wasn’t afraid of them because they had been around her, her whole life… so she didn’t know any different.

2) Why did Mrs.Rosen advise Anne Marie to be “one of the crowd?” Do you think of that idea as positive or negative today? How do wars and extreme circumstances change people’s priorities?

A:She advised that so that the soldiers wouldn’t remember her face and suspect her for anything. I think it’s negative because you want to be yourself, not like everyone else. War changes people’s priorities because durring war all they want is to stay safe.