The Hiding Place Quizzes

The Hiding Place Quiz 1

1 Why is Peter arrested and taken to prison?
He is out after curfew

He steals ration cards

He plays the Wilhelmus in church

He hits a German officer
2 How many people were taken from the Beje during the raid?
33

35

20

45
3 What is the name of the state prison where Betsie and Corrie remain for four months?
Ravensbruck

Scheveningen

Vught

Haarlem Prison
4 What is kalte kost?
name for accounting books

a beating

the cost of heating a home

punishment of one meal a day
5 How does one receive kalte kost?
too slow with bucket

possession of Bible

making too much noise

all of the above
6 How many ten Boom children do Casper and Cornelia have?
3

8

4

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

Vught

Kapteyn

Karl
8 How does Lieutenant Rahms arrange for Corrie to see her family?
He says it is the law for family to be present at the reading of Father’s will

He sends her secretly to Haarlem

He cannot arrange the meeting

He uses his authority to let them meet in Corrie’s cell
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?
Fascist

Anarchist

Democrat

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

making relay switches for radios

sweeping the floor

bringing lunch to the workers
12 Why is Corrie placed in solitary confinement in Scheveningen?
she was contagious to cellmates

she was plotting escape with her previous cellmates

she had a bible in her possession

her crime was looked on more harshly than others’
13 What is the name of Corrie’s hometown?
Haarlem

Amsterdam

Scheveningen

Brabant
14 What is the ten Boom family business?
running a bed and breakfast

selling and repairing watches

fixing radios

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 wants to get information before arresting her

He needs her to find a hiding place for a friend

It's a social visit

He asks her if she has contacts who can kill a Gestapo spy
17 Why is Betsie frail in her childhood and adult life?
diabetes

bad back

tuberculosis

anemia
18 Who is christened Eusie Smit by the Beje household?
Kik

Meyer Mossel

Pickwick

Haarlem's Rabbi
19 Why is Herman Sluring called Pickwick?
He always carries a toothpick in his mouth

He resembles the illustrations from Dickens

He's hard to please

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

Betsie’s bedroom

under the stairs in the dining room

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

Father

Corrie

Leendert
22 Whom does Nollie marry?
Leendert

Flip

Karel

Rolf
23 What does Christoffels die of?
Otto's brutality

heartbreak

tuberculosis

bitter cold
24 Who betrays the ten Booms to the gestapo?
Mr. Moorman

Jan Vogels

Nollie

Rolf van Vliet
25 What does the nurse give Corrie at the doctor’s office?
a whole Bible

information about her father

aspirin and vitamins

four gospels, soap, and safety pins