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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. How does Corrie explain the tea in the house to Otto?

2. What word best describes Lieutenant Rehms?

3. Where is the family taken for questioning?

4. After Corrie's brigade transfers, what brigade does she join?

5. Who sneaks a Bible to Corrie during the meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Corrie see as her calling in prison? Who does she share this with? How is Corrie rewarded for her efforts?

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

3. Why do the guards all leave one day? What do the women do during this time? What does Betsie pass to Corrie?

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

5. What happens to the prisoners when they reach The Hague?

6. What happens when the authorities raid the Beje?

7. What are the conditions like at Ravensbruck for the women?

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

9. Who is in charge of Corrie's hearing? What does she talk about with the person in charge? What does he want to know more about?

10. Who helps the family at the processing facility? What advice does he give them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the relationship between Betsie and Corrie. What actions do the sisters take to stay with each other in the camp? How does Betsie's death affect Corrie?

Essay Topic 2

Trace Corrie's imprisonment. What challenges does Corrie face at each of the different prisons? How she attempt to make life better for herself and Betsie while in prison? In what ways does Corrie take her fate into her own hands and influence where she is imprisoned?

Essay Topic 3

What does Corrie do after she is released from the concentration camp? Why is the date of her release significant? How does she fulfill Betsie's dreams? Why do you think Corrie continued on with Betsie's dreams?

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