The Hiding Place Quizzes

The Hiding Place Quiz 1

1 Why is Peter arrested and taken to prison?
He plays the Wilhelmus in church

He hits a German officer

He is out after curfew

He steals ration cards
2 How many people were taken from the Beje during the raid?
35

20

45

33
3 What is the name of the state prison where Betsie and Corrie remain for four months?
Vught

Haarlem Prison

Scheveningen

Ravensbruck
4 What is kalte kost?
the cost of heating a home

name for accounting books

punishment of one meal a day

a beating
5 How does one receive kalte kost?
making too much noise

possession of Bible

too slow with bucket

all of the above
6 How many ten Boom children do Casper and Cornelia have?
4

3

7

8
7 What is the name of Corrie’s one-time love?
Karl

Kapteyn

Karel

Vught
8 How does Lieutenant Rahms arrange for Corrie to see her family?
He uses his authority to let them meet in Corrie’s cell

He sends her secretly to Haarlem

He says it is the law for family to be present at the reading of Father’s will

He cannot arrange the meeting
9 How does Tante Jans distract herself from the diagnosis of diabetes?
she tries to open a soldiers’ center

she throws parties

she starts a soup kitchen

she takes a trip to England
10 What is Mrs. Floor’s political affiliation?
Anarchist

Fascist

Communist

Democrat
11 What is Corrie’s work in Phillips factory?
sewing uniforms

sweeping the floor

making relay switches for radios

bringing lunch to the workers
12 Why is Corrie placed in solitary confinement in Scheveningen?
her crime was looked on more harshly than others’

she had a bible in her possession

she was plotting escape with her previous cellmates

she was contagious to cellmates
13 What is the name of Corrie’s hometown?
Haarlem

Amsterdam

Brabant

Scheveningen
14 What is the ten Boom family business?
selling and repairing watches

fixing radios

running a bed and breakfast

selling fine furs
15 What is the family celebrating in chapter one?
Father’s 70th birthday

the 100th anniversary of the watch shop

Corrie’s 50th birthday

the anniversary of Casper and Cornelia’s wedding
16 Why is Corrie called into the chief of police’s office?
He asks her if she has contacts who can kill a Gestapo spy

He needs her to find a hiding place for a friend

He wants to get information before arresting her

It's a social visit
17 Why is Betsie frail in her childhood and adult life?
tuberculosis

bad back

anemia

diabetes
18 Who is christened Eusie Smit by the Beje household?
Pickwick

Meyer Mossel

Haarlem's Rabbi

Kik
19 Why is Herman Sluring called Pickwick?
He always carries a toothpick in his mouth

He's hard to please

He resembles the illustrations from Dickens

no reason
20 Where is the hiding place built?
one of Tante Jans’s old rooms

under the stairs in the dining room

Corrie’s bedroom

Betsie’s bedroom
21 Who installs the electric warning system in the Beje?
Father

Corrie

Betsie

Leendert
22 Whom does Nollie marry?
Karel

Rolf

Leendert

Flip
23 What does Christoffels die of?
bitter cold

heartbreak

tuberculosis

Otto's brutality
24 Who betrays the ten Booms to the gestapo?
Nollie

Jan Vogels

Mr. Moorman

Rolf van Vliet
25 What does the nurse give Corrie at the doctor’s office?
four gospels, soap, and safety pins

information about her father

a whole Bible

aspirin and vitamins