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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters from Westerbork (Pages 235 - 365).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom does Etty continue to work?
(a) The government.
(b) The school.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Jewish Council.

2. Etty Hillesum's diary begins on what day?
(a) Sunday, March 9, 1941.
(b) Sunday, June 9, 1941.
(c) Sunday, April 9, 1941.
(d) Sunday, May 9, 1941.

3. In February of 1942, several professors and other acquaintances of Etty's are sent where as prisoners of the Nazis?
(a) To the Warsaw ghetto.
(b) To Sachsenhausen.
(c) To Veluwe.
(d) To Belzec.

4. HIllesum decides that she would rather not do what?
(a) Be a Jew.
(b) Move to a concentration camp.
(c) Marry Julius Spier.
(d) Believe in God.

5. Etty finally has a glimpse of her place where?
(a) In Amsterdam.
(b) In a concentration camp.
(c) In society.
(d) In the larger historical picture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon her arrival at the camp, Etty tells the sisters of whom?

2. Etty comes to accept and value her role as what?

3. What is the now-infamous extermination camp in Poland?

4. Around this time, Etty addresses the question of __________, specifically talking about the Germans.

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

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