Events
What event kicks off the beginning of the book and showcases the community's love for Father?
The watch shop's 100th birthday!
Name the three aunts. Who is the aunt who faced death with almost immediate acceptance?
Bep, Anna, and Jans.
Jans.
What is the symbolic meaning of the train ticket from God?
His perfect timing for death.
What is the name of the town Corrie and the ten Booms live in? Be specific.
Haarlem
What was Corrie's first encounter with death? Why do you think God let her see this death so early in life?
Death of a neighbor's baby. To prepare her for the deaths and dangers she would see and confront in the future.
Who is Otto from the watch shop?
A young German watchmaker apprentice who is a Hitler Youth. He attacks Christoffels.
What does the house represent for the community?
Safety, family, good morals, community, virtues.
What is the name of the house and why does Corrie keep giving us such detailed descriptions of it?
Beje and to help us visualize how it will be used to hide people.
How does prepare Corrie for life?
He brings her to Amsterdam and makes her go to school. He teaches her scripture everyday.
Who is Willem? What is his occupation?
Corrie's brother and a pastor.
What is the symbolic meaning of the too heavy luggage?
Knowledge that we are not ready to shoulder on our own.
What is the significance of the Bulldog killing his pets?
It shows how desperate the Jews are becoming.
What does Corrie ask God to do when she realizes that she and Karel will never be together
Make her love Karel the way He loves him.
Take her blocked eros and turn it into perfect agape.
Who helps Corrie get Mr. Weil, a Jewish neighbor, to safety and welcomes Corrie to the underground resistance?
Kik
*Willem and Tine's son
What event could symbolically represent the end of Corrie's youth/adolescence? What represents her transition into adulthood?
Karel's engagement and her prayer to God to take her love and change it. Her acknowledgement that she will never marry.
Why does Father no longer have to go to the Naval Observatory in Amsterdam?
The radio plays Big Ben which is very accurate on the British Broadcasting Channel.
How does God use Mama's sickness for good?
Demonstrates how love and kindness can overcome sickness. Teaches Corrie how powerful love and kindness are in her mother. Perhaps teaches her how to value and serve others even when she is suffering.
Chapters 2-4 use this structural device to show us Corrie's upbringing and time as a young woman.
Flashbacks