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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. Where did Kormann meet Hillesum?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) At Westerbork.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Paris.

2. Etty realizes that it would be unfair as well as counterproductive to return the Germans' ____________ of her own.
(a) Hatred with hatred.
(b) Fear with love.
(c) Love with hatred.
(d) Hatred with love.

3. She begins each day full of resolve to become a better, more skilled _____________.
(a) Singer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Writer.
(d) Dancer.

4. Etty no longer concerns herself with the need to appear how?
(a) Attractive.
(b) Happy.
(c) Strong on the outside.
(d) Non-Jewish.

5. More than once, Etty Hillesum admits doing what?
(a) Ignoring her own needs in favor of meeting the needs of others.
(b) Feeling hatred.
(c) Ignoring the needs of others in favor of her own needs.
(d) Ignoring all needs and meditating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Etty later grasps the magnitude of her choice not to do what?

2. Etty acknowledges _____________ that is inherent in all human beings.

3. Etty Hillesum's diary begins on what day?

4. On what day do Etty's parents, Rebecca and Louis Hillesum, arrive at Westerbork?

5. Etty becomes acutely aware of the individual's responsibility to engage in rigorous _________________.

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