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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. In one of a series of letters to Kormann at Westerbork, Etty tells her friend what about her flesh?
(a) It is crawling with insects.
(b) It is beginning to sag due to the lack of nutrients she receives.
(c) She seems incapable of keeping up with the demands of living and working at a concentration camp.
(d) She wants to crawl out of her flesh and run away.

2. After Spier's death, Etty's level of empathy does what?
(a) Stays the same.
(b) Rises.
(c) Falls.
(d) Fluctuates.

3. Each day, Etty's writings speak of her need to gain control over ______________.
(a) Herself.
(b) Other Jews.
(c) The Germans.
(d) Others.

4. Many of these people living in the camp are extremely frail.
(a) The women.
(b) The elderly.
(c) The children.
(d) The Jews.

5. How long have the Jews been persecuted?
(a) Four years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Ten years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Etty decides to work her way through her negative feelings in hopes of what?

2. At one point, Etty writes to Kormann from ________________ where she is on leave.

3. Etty remarks that some barracks can make one feel how?

4. Around this time, Etty addresses the question of __________, specifically talking about the Germans.

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

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