Characters
This person is the narrator of the novel
Corrie ten Boom
A very common underground last name
Smit
“There is One Who has them always in His sight, Lieutenant Rahms. Jesus is the Light the Bible shows to me, the light that can shine even in such darkness as yours.”
Corrie
The location of the hiding place
In Corrie's bedroom
What happened on New Year's Day 1945
Corrie arrived in Berlin after being released from prison.
Peter
This person was a friendly German solider who helped the ten Booms.
“Oh my dears, I am sorry for all the Dutchmen who do not know the power of God. For we will be beaten. But He will not.”
Casper (father)
The total number of prisons Corrie and Betsie served time in.
Why was the fake wall made of brick?
It would not sound hollow if someone knocked on it or if it were made from wood it would the wall would sound hollow.
This person was a friendly nurse at Ravensbruck
Mien
This person worked at the watch shop for a little but was soon fired and became a German soldier.
Otto
It’s very deliberate… It’s because Christoffels is old. The old have no value to the State. They’re also harder to train in the new ways of thinking. Germany is systematically teaching disrespect for old age.”
Willem
All three of Betsie's ______ came true.
Visions
What happened to Willem at the end of the book? (need to be specific)
He died from tuberculosis.
Casper was very fond of this "guest," and he became a permanent resident at the Beje due to his very Jewish features
Meyer Mossel or Eusie Smit
A rich friend of the ten Booms.
Pickwick
“It’s a beautiful house, Corrie! The floors are all inlaid wood, with statues set in the walls and a broad staircase sweeping down. And gardens! Gardens all around it where they can plant flowers. It will do them such good, Corrie, to care for flowers!”
Betsie
After staying in the hospital, Betsie's permanent job was _______
Knitting brigade
What happened to Nollie's blue sweater near the end of the book and why did this happen?
It was burned because it had lice on it.
This person was one of Corrie's nephews; no one knew what happened to him for years after the Holocaust.
Kik
This person is the reason the ten Booms got arrested.
Jan Vogel
“All the watches in your closet are safe.”
Nollie
The Beje housed who, after the Holocaust?
The people living at the Bloemendaal did not want to live with former NBSers because...
They were ready to forgive, they emotionally weren't there yet, they were still angry with them for betraying their country, etc.