96 pages • 3 hours read
Monica HesseGirl in the Blue Coat
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Exam Answer Key
Multiple Choice
1. B. She feels Bas’s death is her fault. (Prologue)
2. B. Survival first (Chapter 2)
3. A. Isolation keeps Hanneke safe, unlike the resistance whose safety comes from being in a group. (Chapter 4)
4. A. A dinner party (Chapter 7)
5. D. He hoped that Hanneke would find it patriotic. (Chapter 12)
6. D. Her taking photos of the atrocities committed at the Schouwburg Theater (Chapter 20)
7. D. Elsbeth (Chapter 21)
8. B. 2-3 months (Chapter 25)
9. C. Ollie (Chapter 26)
10. A. A patch of ice (Chapter 29)
11. D. Because it implies that the girl feared being exposed as an imposter (Chapter 30)
12. B. Hanneke sees a photo of Mirjam and Amalia together, and she realizes the girl she buried was Amalia. (Chapter 31)
13. C. Amalia felt she could easily get new identification papers. (Chapter 32)
14. C. Because Amalia turned Mirjam’s family into the Nazis (Chapter 33)
15. B. A bear (Chapter 34)
Long-Answer Response
1. She is forced to fully confront her grief at this moment. She cries for the first time in two years, taking this as opportunity to mourn not only Mirjam, but also Bas. Bas’s body was never returned to his family, so this moment provides a kind of closure. (Chapter 28)
2. Photography, and the act of taking photos (particularly by Mina), is a small act of rebellion against the Nazis. Photographs are accurate historical documents; although there are many secrets or hidden facts in Girl in the Blue Coat, a photo boldly and plainly tells the truth about the Nazi’s atrocities against the Jewish people. (All)
