girl in the blue coat 63 Review Questions With Answers
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Girl in the blue coat
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Girl In The Blue Coat
about how old is hanneke? - ️️around 18
explain the mouse metaphor - ️️the mouse represents mirjam because like the mouse, she had been hiding and nobody had seen her, so she didn't seem real, but once people saw the mouse, and mirjam, they realized she was real
explain the timeline of th...
girl in the blue coat 63 Review Questions
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about how old is hanneke? - ✔ ✔ around 18
explain the mouse metaphor - ✔ ✔ the mouse represents mirjam because like the mouse, she had
been hiding and nobody had seen her, so she didn't seem real, but once people saw the mouse, and
mirjam, they realized she was real
explain the timeline of the day when mirjam left - ✔ ✔ noon: mrs. janssen brings the Het Parool and
Mirjam (really Amalia) sees mirjam's notice in the paper
around 4:25: christoffel drops something off and amalia explains that she needs his help
10: she seemed gone, but was really hiding in the oklapbed in the study
the next morning: christoffel takes the oklapbed with amalia stuffed in it
explain two false leads - ✔ ✔ -tobias
-the back door being able to shut
give examples of how hanneke matured throughout the book - ✔ ✔ -by the end of the book, she was
able to tell the reader what really happened to bas and elsbeth, but in the beginning, she couldn't
-in the beginning of the war, she did everything for herself because she was afraid, but now she wants to
help because she knows that even if it hurts her, others will be safe
-hanneke is still her parents daughter, but not their child anymore (doesn't constantly have to check in
with her parents and need their approval because she was grown up, not a child)
how are christoffel and hanneke alike? - ✔ ✔ -they both feel like they caused someone's death
how are christoffel and sebastian similar - ✔ ✔ -both go by middle of name (bas and tof)
-both had girls who loved them
how are the glasses a metaphor? - ✔ ✔ before they found the glasses, they hadn't been seeing
things correctly, but after they found them, they were able to realize that she could have exited through
the back, making her become real and not a ghost anymore
how did mirjam and amalia fold their letters? - ✔ ✔ in a star shape
, true or false: although mrs. de vries acts like a nazi and pretends the war isn't happening, she's actually
been hosting jewish families - ✔ ✔ true
true or false: amalia died - ✔ ✔ true
true or false: amalia has a scar on her knee - ✔ ✔ false, mirjam does
true or false: hanneke cries for the first time since bas died when amalia was shot - ✔ ✔ true
true or false: hanneke did not want bas to join the navy - ✔ ✔ false, she encouraged him to and said
it was his duty, even after he told her he didn't want to
true or false: mr. kreuk is hanneke's boss - ✔ ✔ true
true or false: mrs. janssen lives alone - ✔ ✔ true (one of her sons and her husband died, her other
two sons don't live in amsterdam)
true or false: the nazis never messed with the nursery - ✔ ✔ false
what actually is ollie's dinner club? - ✔ ✔ the resistance
what did ollie say the theater smelled like? - ✔ ✔ death and fear
what does hanneke realize is missing in mrs. janssen's house? where is it really? - ✔ ✔ the oklapbed,
it is really in the hiding spot
what does hanneke's bike accident symbolize - ✔ ✔ since she was trying to pedal away from the bad
things in the past few days, it shows how when you try to run away, only bad will come and eventually
you just have to face it
what does mina give the person in illegal exchange? - ✔ ✔ a baby
what does mirjam (really amalia) do when hanneke tells her to come with her when they are walking to
the station? - ✔ ✔ she runs in the front and an officer shoots her
what does the notice in the het parool say? - ✔ ✔ "elizabeth misses her margaret, but is glad to be
vacationing in kijkduin
what is hanneke's official job? - ✔ ✔ she is a receptionist for an undertaker (or funeral planner)
what season is the story set in? name examples of how this effects the characters - ✔ ✔ winter
-hanneke slips on the ice while biking
-mirjam and Amalia are wearing coats outside when they switch, which helps them trade papers and
also makes hanneke think Amalia is mirjam
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