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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is there little supervision in the barracks?
(a) The guards trust the women
(b) There are too few guards at the camp
(c) Because the guards think the women might attack them
(d) Because of the fleas

2. Those at the Beje celebrate Christmas and what other holiday?
(a) Thanksgiving
(b) New Year's Eve
(c) Kawanza
(d) Hanukkah

3. What does Corrie create on her cell wall?
(a) Cut-outs of home
(b) A painting
(c) A Bible translation
(d) A calendar system

4. Who is the woman in charge of the knitting brigade?
(a) The Ape
(b) The Cow
(c) The Tiger
(d) The Snake

5. What is smuggled in that helps Betsie?
(a) A heat wrap
(b) Vitamin pills
(c) Antibiotics
(d) Vaccines

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corrie realize that she must share with those around her now that she is no longer in solitary confinement?

2. What word best describes Lieutenant Rehms?

3. What work is assigned to Betsie and Corrie?

4. What message does Betsie pass to Corrie?

5. What do the guards reprimand Corrie for in solitary confinement?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the sisters divide and distribute their personal items? What happens after they do this?

2. What does Betsie vow to do while in prison? How does Corrie react? How does this vow change their lives?

3. What happens when the authorities raid the Beje?

4. How does Corrie get onto a new work brigade? What does she have to do in order to stay with Betsie?

5. What do Betsie and Corrie begin to do in the barracks? How do they reach the women who do not speak Dutch?

6. Who does Otto work for by chapter 8? How does Corrie deal with his questions and insinuations?

7. Why do the Ten Boom siblings gather? What news does Corrie learn at this gathering?

8. What does the family at the Beje notice one evening during dinner? How does this event change Corrie's life?

9. What does Betsie dream of doing after the concentration camp? With whom does she share this dream?

10. What happens as the sisters' release date nears? Where are the sisters taken?

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