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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 returns to a sincere desire to pay more attention to her inner life as a way of bringing about what?

2. Etty was a twenty-seven-year-old single woman living where, making her way in the city?

3. Does the widower's age concern Etty?

4. It is at this point that Etty Hillesum identifies her loneliness as a deep well that can only be filled by ______________.

5. Putting everything on paper satisfied ________ of Etty's most innermost desires.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Etty begin this diary?

2. What foreshadowing of Etty's future occurs? How does it seem she is preparing herself for this future?

3. What does Etty say about evil?

4. Of what does Etty admit she is guilty? How does this then lead to a spiritual discussion?

5. How does Etty's feelings towards her family begin to change?

6. By April 2, 1942, how does Etty feel about Spier?

7. Over what does Etty want to gain control? What does she resolve to do every day?

8. How does Etty's faith continue to grow?

9. What problem does Etty experience? Why? How does this lead to a discussion of Etty's family?

10. What does Etty reveal about Spier? How does Etty, at this point, feel about Spier?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a great deal of foreshadowing in this book.

Part 1) Describe two instances of foreshadowing. How do you know this is foreshadowing? How is this foreshadowing important?

Part 2) How does this foreshadowing help to prepare Etty for the future? Could she have dealt with her time in concentration camps without this preparation? Why or why not?

Part 3) Describe an event that had been, in some way, foreshadowed. How did that foreshadowing affect you at the time of that event? Why?

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

Westerbork is a concentration camp.

Part 1) Describe this concentration camp. What is the purpose of this concentration camp? How does Etty end up here? What does this reinforce about her?

Part 2) What does Etty learn by being at this camp? How does this affect her? What is learned about Etty while she is at this camp?

Part 3) How does Etty's time at Westebork affect you? Why?

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