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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Etty's reliance is completely on who?

2. What does Etty believe the answer to number 100 would do?

3. This act of verbalizing to another person is what for Etty?

4. Why does Etty feel guilty about her life, compared to others?

5. Etty's faith in God has grown exponentially. Is this off-putting to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Etty feel about the atrocities taking place? How does this also lead to feelings of guilt?

2. What does Etty say about suffering?

3. Does Etty believe that she should appear strong? Why or why not?

4. Why does Hillesum decide she would rather not marry Spier?

5. To what does Hillesum resign herself?

6. How does Etty's life and beliefs change due to the war?

7. For what does Etty begin to prepare? How might she feel about this exercise?

8. What is clear by May of 1942?

9. How do Etty's beliefs affect her actions regarding her safety?

10. What does Etty admit to her friend Ru? How is this significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Etty works with women and children at Westerbork.

Part 1) Describe Etty's work with these women and children. How might she have received this role? How might she be a positive influence for them?

Part 2) How does Etty benefit from working with these women and children? How is this information important to this book?

Part 3) Could Etty have done more for these women and children? If so, how? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 2

Life and Westerbork is a transient one.

Part 1) Describe this life at Westerbork. Why is it such a transient one? How does this work in the German's favor?

Part 2) How does this lifestyle affect the Jews who live here? How is Etty, in particular, affected? How is her fate foreshadowed at this time?

Part 3) Describe your own life. Has it ever been transient? Why or why not? What type of transient people live in the U.S. today? Why do they live this way? Might this be by choice? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Etty verbalizes her faith to her friend.

Part 1) Describe Etty's faith and how it changes over time. What causes these changes in her faith? How does this, in turn, affect her thoughts and actions?

Part 2) Why does she verbalize her faith to a friend? How does this affect her? How is this important?

Part 3) In what do you have faith? Why? How does this faith influence your thoughts and actions?

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