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

1. A translator (Chapter 3)

2. Mrs. de Vries (Chapter 4)

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. (

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