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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. Etty admits that she is more the kind of person who wears her heart where?
(a) In her chest.
(b) On her sleeve.
(c) In her head.
(d) On her coat.

2. Approximately one month later, Etty Hillesum entreats herself to allow ___________ rather than the opposite.
(a) Life to embrace her.
(b) Herself to embrace life.
(c) God to give her a better life.
(d) Herself to pray for a better life.

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

4. It is at this time that Etty realizes that she and Spier may have no future because of what?
(a) Their busy schedules.
(b) Their interests.
(c) Their religions.
(d) The war.

5. Etty reveals further details of _________________________ and painful recollections of the regular prisoner transports leaving each day.
(a) Her frustrations.
(b) How the Jews are adjusting to camp life.
(c) The delicious food they eat.
(d) Severe camp shortages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Etty's faith in God has grown exponentially. Is this off-putting to her?

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

3. Hillesum asserts the viewpoint that regardless of circumstance, people must remain open to what?

4. In February of 1942, several professors and other acquaintances of Etty's are sent where as prisoners of the Nazis?

5. Etty remarks that her lovers have all felt like what?

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