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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 do the people sleep in bunk beds stacked three-high?
(a) In the apartments.
(b) In the houses.
(c) In the huts.
(d) In the barracks.

2. In another letter (this one to her good friend Maria Tuinzing), Etty talks about sharing living quarters with whom?
(a) Several elderly women.
(b) Several young women.
(c) Several other women.
(d) Several children.

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

4. What moment became the most important moment?
(a) The present.
(b) The moment she became a Christian.
(c) The future.
(d) The past.

5. Why does Etty miss Westerbork?
(a) She misses her friends.
(b) She misses the security of the camp.
(c) She misses the food.
(d) She misses the work she does there.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the concentration camp, is there a distinction made between one social class and another?

2. By September of 1941, it becomes clear from her diary entries that Etty Hillesum has begun to change _________________.

3. How long did Kormann and Etty's bond last?

4. What serves as a symbol of her materialism?

5. What does Etty admit to her friend Ru?

(see the answer key)

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