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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. Hillesum is ___________; someone who is actively involved in examining the world and her perceptions thereof from the inside out rather than the other way around.
(a) A seeker.
(b) A hopeful.
(c) A lover.
(d) A finder.

2. Does Etty have a strong relationship with her mother?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Yes.
(c) Only early on.
(d) No.

3. Putting everything on paper satisfied ________ of Etty's most innermost desires.
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

4. With what idea does Etty deal?
(a) The idea of willingly, fearlessly bearing one's own burdens and the burdens of those in one's community.
(b) The idea of loving those who hate you.
(c) The idea of one's own mortality.
(d) The idea of having faith in something that you cannot see.

5. Etty's faith in God has grown exponentially. Is this off-putting to her?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, but only later.
(c) Yes, somewhat at first.
(d) Yes, very.

Short Answer Questions

1. Continuing her description of life at Westerbork, Etty's thoughts turn to whom?

2. Displaced from their homes and familiar neighborhoods, these camp citizens experience a feeling of overwhelm which often does what?

3. Etty writes (what matters most is) "to keep a small corner of ___________ unsullied, come what may."

4. This is the word used by the Germans to refer to the process by which large numbers of Jews were captured from their homes and off the streets and then put into ghettos or camps.

5. Etty discovers that the majority of these people are _____________________.

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