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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. Julius Spier dies of what in September of 1942?
(a) An accident.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Natural causes.
(d) A drug overdose.

2. The transience of life is symbolized by what?
(a) The work that Etty does.
(b) The lines of people headed to the trains.
(c) The trains which come and go each day, like clockwork.
(d) The clock that hangs on the wall and chimes out each hour.

3. What are in short supply?
(a) Bunks.
(b) Places to sleep.
(c) Huts and barracks.
(d) Blankets.

4. HIllesum decides that she would rather not do what?
(a) Be a Jew.
(b) Marry Julius Spier.
(c) Move to a concentration camp.
(d) Believe in God.

5. What happens to Mischa's application for transfer to Barneveld?
(a) It has been accepted.
(b) It has been denied.
(c) It has been forgotten.
(d) It has been lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. The camp is severely over-crowded and all of the housing units look the same. So, is there any evidence of varying life?

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

3. Etty's motivations have become unambiguously ______________.

4. It is at this point that Etty Hillesum identifies her loneliness as a deep well that can only be filled by ______________.

5. In another letter (this one to her good friend Maria Tuinzing), Etty talks about sharing living quarters with whom?

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