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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 begins preparing herself for life where?

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

3. It is at this time that Etty realizes that she and Spier may have no future because of what?

4. Where does Etty live?

5. Etty refuses to buckle under what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Etty say about suffering?

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

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

4. What does Etty believe one should do to handle the increasingly difficult situation?

5. What is clear by May of 1942?

6. From what does Julius Spier die? How does Etty cope with this?

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

8. On who does Etty rely? How does this affect her emotions?

9. What has happened to Etty's motivations? How does she support this?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Etty learns a great deal from the Jews she meets in Westerbork.

Part 1) Describe the Jews at Westerbork. How are they treated? Why are they treated in this way? What is Etty's role at this time? Is she effective in this role? Why or why not?

Part 2) What does Etty learn from these Jews? How is she affected by this information? Why is she affected in this way? How does this information affect you as the reader?

Part 3) Overall, how are you, as the reader, affected by Etty's story? Why? How might this story affect your actions in the future? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Etty's relationship with Julius Spier deepens.

Part 1) Who is Julius Spier? Describe him and his relationship with Etty. How does their relationship change over time? Why does it change?

Part 2) What can be learned about Etty through this relationship? How does this relationship compare to her relationship with Han?

Part 3) What ends their relationship? How does she come to realize their relationship would turn out as she thought? How does the war affect her relationship? Could this relationship have succeeded? 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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