Number the Stars Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 5 Summary

Chapter 5 Summary

The girls talk quietly in bed that night, reassuring each other that no soldiers would actually come to the door in the dead of night. Only half seriously, Annemarie tells Ellen that if they do come, she should tell them her name is Lise Johansen. Ellen asks about Lise's death, but Annemarie confesses she doesn't really know what happened - only that she had been hit by a car. Annemarie tells Ellen, that her parents don't talk about Lise, and have never once opened the trunk with her things since the day she died. Eventually the girls fall asleep. Ellen is worried about her parents, but Annemarie feels completely secure in the safety of her own home.

Hours later, the girls are awoken by a loud pounding at the door. Her mother turns on the lights in the living room, something she has not done at night since they started...
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