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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. No family can afford to take in a Jew without what?

2. What does Leendart do in the Beje?

3. What is breakfast followed by in the Ten Boom household?

4. Who gives Nollie a talk about sex before her wedding?

5. Who goes with Corrie to visit Willem at college?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mrs. DeBoer? What happens at her home?

2. Who helps Corrie in her quest to help the Jews in Holland? How do these people help her?

3. What medical problem does Aunt Jans have? What does Corrie learn to do for her? What happens in January in regards to Aunt Jans?

4. Where does Corrie live? With whom does she live?

5. What is built in Corrie's room? What is it like? What do the men tell Corrie to do?

6. With whom does Willem arrive? What has happened to this individual? How do people interpret this?

7. What is Corrie's childhood like? With whom does she live?

8. When is the first time that Corrie sees a dead body? How does it affect her?

9. How do the Ten Booms react to the requests to take in Jews? How does this intersect with their faith in God?

10. How does Corrie feel about going to school? What advice does she get from others in her family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the concentration camps like? What hardships are present for the prisoners? How do they attempt to minimize these hardships?

Essay Topic 2

How does the faith of the Ten Booms both influence their actions and help them in the camps? Give specific examples from the book. Why do you think they continued to believe so strongly in spite of the challenges that they faced?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think the Ten Booms got involved in hiding Jews? Trace their involvement in this activity. How did they get started? Do you think you would make the same choice?

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