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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 lives in a house owned by a widower named _________________.
(a) Heinz Wiener.
(b) Hansel Wolff.
(c) Han Wegerif.
(d) Handel Wagner.

2. This section is comprised of personal letters written by Etty Hillesum when?
(a) During her internment at Westerbork.
(b) During her internment at Auschwitz.
(c) During her years in the Amsterdam ghetto.
(d) During her years in Amsterdam.

3. Are there any mattresses to sleep on?
(a) Yes, only a couple.
(b) Yes, a few.
(c) Yes, many.
(d) No.

4. On what day do Etty's parents, Rebecca and Louis Hillesum, arrive at Westerbork?
(a) July 21, 1943.
(b) August 21, 1943.
(c) June 21, 1943.
(d) September 21, 1943.

5. 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.
(a) Regrouping.
(b) Controlling.
(c) Centralize.
(d) Organizing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What else does she address?

2. It is at this time that Etty realizes that she and Spier may have no future because of what?

3. Where does Etty live?

4. Etty describes in some detail what?

5. Etty's reliance is completely on who?

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