Chapter Ten: Let Us Open the
Casket
Vocabulary – write what you think the words mean from
context clues
staccato (p.83)
condescending (p.84)
typhus (p.85)
Literal Questions
- Why did the German soldiers come to Uncle
Henrik’s house?
2. What was the first test of Annemarie’s
bravery?
- How did Mrs. Johansen stop the German
soldiers from looking in the casket?
Inferential
Questions
1. Why was Peter’s reading from the Bible so
important?
2. Why did Ellen not smile when she looked at
Annemarie during the fake funeral?
Opinion Questions
- What do you think would have happened if
the German soldiers discovered the truth about the funeral?
2. What do you think is really in the casket?
Number the Stars Vocabulary and Questions
Chapter Eleven: Will We See You
Again Soon, Peter?
Vocabulary – write what you think the words mean from
context clues
encased (p.89)
Godspeed (p.93)
commotion (p.93)
Literal Questions
- What was in the casket and why was it
there?
- Where were the Rosens and the other
strangers going?
Inferential
Questions
1. What did Peter give the baby and why?
2.
What was the purpose of Aunt Birte’s funeral?
Opinion Questions
- Why didn’t Mr. Rosen ask what was in the
package that Peter gave him to take to Uncle Henrik?
2. What is in that package?
Number the Stars Vocabulary and Questions
Chapter Twelve: Where Was Mama?
Vocabulary – write what you think the words mean from
context clues
gnarled (p.97)
gleam (98)
dimness (p.99)
Literal Questions
- What promise did Ellen make to Annemarie?
- What advice on walking the trail did Mrs.
Johansen give the Rosens?
- How did Annemarie pass the time while
waiting for her mother?
Inferential
Questions
1. Explain the following thoughts of Annemarie,
“It was harder for the ones who were waiting, Annemarie knew. Less dangerous, perhaps, but more fear.”
Opinion Questions
- What do you think happened to Mrs. Johansen
on the way back from Uncle Henrik’s boat?
2. Do you think that Annemarie and Ellen will
see each other again?
Number the Stars Vocabulary and Questions
Chapter Thirteen: Run! As Fast As
You Can!
Vocabulary – write what you think the words mean from
context clues
sprawling (p.102)
vast
(p.103)
stricken (p.104)
Literal Questions
- What happened to Mrs. Johansen on her way
back from Uncle Henrik’s boat?
- What had Mr. Rosen dropped at Uncle
Henrik’s house?
Inferential
Questions
1. Why did Mrs. Johansen tell Annemarie to act
like a silly little girl if
she were stopped?
Opinion Questions
- What do you think Mrs. Johansen meant when
she said that “it may all have been for nothing” when she spotted the
parcel?
- Why do you think Mrs. Johansen didn’t tell
Annemarie what she was really carrying to Uncle Henrik on the boat?
Number the Stars Vocabulary and Questions
Chapter Fourteen: On the Dark Path
Vocabulary – write what you think the words mean from
context clues
donned (p.106)
latticed (p.106)
brusque (p.110)
taut (p.112)
Literal Questions
- What fairy tale did Annemarie remember on
the trail to Uncle Henrik’s boat?
- Describe what happened to Annemarie on the
way to the boat?
Inferential
Questions
1. Why did Annemarie choose this particular fairy
tale?
2. Why did Annemarie have to be brave when she
met the soldiers?
Opinion Questions
- How would you have reacted to meeting the
German soldiers?
Number the Stars Vocabulary and Questions
Chapter Fifteen: My Dog Smells
Meat
Vocabulary – write what you think the words mean from
context clues
willed (p.113)
insolently (p.117)
caustic (p.118)
Literal Questions
- What was in the basket that helped fool the
Germans into thinking it was Uncle Henrik’s lunch?
Inferential Questions
1. Why did Annemarie behave like Kirsti when she
was stopped by the German soldiers?
2. Why was it good that Annemarie did not know what
was in the packet?
Opinion Questions
1. Why do you think the German soldiers stopped
Annemarie?
2. Why do you think the contents of the packet
were so important?
Number the Stars Vocabulary and Questions
Chapter Sixteen: I Will Tell You
Just a Little
Vocabulary – write what you think the words mean from
context clues
warily (p.120)
concealed (p.124)
Literal Questions
- What did Annemarie learn about Peter from
Uncle Henrik? What were the two
clues that should have clued Annemarie in about Peter?
- What was Uncle Henrik’s explanation for
each of the following:
- Annemarie not seeing the Rosen’s in the
boat
- The use of a drug on the baby
- The handkerchief
Inferential
Questions
1. What would have happened if Annemarie had not
gotten the handkerchief to Uncle Henrik?
Opinion Questions
1. What do you think life will be like in Sweden
for the Rosen’s?
Number the Stars Vocabulary and Questions
Chapter Seventeen: All This Long
Time
Vocabulary – write what you think the words mean from
context clues
raided (p.130)
rejoicing (p.124)
Literal Questions
- Why was everyone celebrating in Denmark?
- What happened to Peter?
- What
did Annemarie learn about Lise?
Inferential
Questions
1. What does Annemarie wearing Ellen’s necklace
show?
Opinion Questions
- What will the Rosen’s do now that the war
is over?
