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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. What happens to Mischa's application for transfer to Barneveld?
(a) It has been accepted.
(b) It has been lost.
(c) It has been denied.
(d) It has been forgotten.

2. Etty admits not being interested in what?
(a) Living.
(b) Men.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Writing.

3. In May of 1943, why does Etty find herself in Amsterdam for an extended period of time?
(a) She is in hiding.
(b) She has given the Germans many excuses for why she cannot return to the camp.
(c) She is too ill to make the trip back to Westerbork.
(d) She is visiting friends and family members.

4. Upon her arrival at the camp, Etty tells the sisters of whom?
(a) The children.
(b) The people she has met.
(c) Her new friends.
(d) The women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Etty was a twenty-seven-year-old single woman living where, making her way in the city?

2. What at the camp was rampant?

3. The transience of life is symbolized by what?

4. Etty continues to insist that life is what?

5. What is this exercise intended to do?

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