Girl in the Blue Coat
Prologue-Chapter 2
Reading Check
1. Sebastian Van de Kamp (Prologue)
2. His “young and pretty” face (Chapter 1)
3. A lipstick (Chapter 1)
Short Answer
1. In encounters with her customers as well as Nazi soldiers, Hanneke proves she is skilled at the art of manipulation. She flirts with a solder to get him to turn a blind eye to her contraband goods; and she pretends to be a “good family girl” to her customers, even though she trades in black market goods. (Chapter 2)
2. Hendrick built a secret room for her business partner, David Roodveldt, to hide with his wife and two daughters. Hendrick never told Mrs. Janssen about the secret room; she only found out when Nazis found the hiding place and killed the parents and one of the daughters. Only Mirjam Roodveldt (David’s daughter) survived. (Chapter 2)
Chapters 3-5
Reading Check
Short Answer
1. Years before Hanneke was born, her father’s right side became paralyzed when he tried to vault an electric fence while courting Hanneke’s mother. (