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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. This Biblical quote is what?
(a) A very little-known quote.
(b) A very rarely-mentioned quote.
(c) A very popular quote.
(d) The most famous and most often quoted verses of all time.

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

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

4. Etty sits in a corner of a heath on the edge of the camp. She watches a young German soldier, one of the camp guards, picking a bouquet of purple lupines. At that same moment, three thousand Jews are being transported out of Westerbork, bound for the extermination camps. This is the first time Etty mentions what?
(a) Hopelessness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Mass murder.

5. Etty prefers to "be there for everyone" rather than do what?
(a) Marry.
(b) Be there for no one.
(c) Be there for only herself.
(d) Be there for only her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. In May of 1943, why does Etty find herself in Amsterdam for an extended period of time?

2. Etty admits certain weaknesses, mostly having to do with what?

3. Etty begins preparing herself for life where?

4. 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.

5. [On July 15], 1942, Etty secures a position in what?

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