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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 further addresses what concept?

2. Etty remains stalwart in what?

3. Etty begins preparing herself for life where?

4. Etty prefers to "be there for everyone" rather than do what?

5. Etty reminds herself to channel her urges into what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to Etty's faith? What does she think about this?

2. What does Etty come to accept, which affects her thoughts, feelings, and obligations?

3. What is clear by May of 1942?

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

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

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

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

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

9. To what does Hillesum resign herself?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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?

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