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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 writes (what matters most is) "to keep a small corner of ___________ unsullied, come what may."
(a) One's soul.
(b) One's heart.
(c) One's room.
(d) One's mind.

2. Esther ("Etty") Hillesum began writing a dairy in early __________ of 1941.
(a) June.
(b) May.
(c) April
(d) March.

3. Etty talks about the importance of living where?
(a) In the future.
(b) In the present.
(c) In the past.
(d) In Amsterdam.

4. For whom does Etty continue to work?
(a) The government.
(b) The Jewish Council.
(c) The school.
(d) The Germans.

5. With what does this letter to the Corinthians deal?
(a) Love and faith.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Faith and hope.
(d) Love and maturity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Much of the discomfort among those living in the house stemmed from what?

2. Etty declares, "Death is _________________."

3. With what idea does Etty deal?

4. The diary begins as a way for Etty to do what?

5. Before World War II arrived on her doorstep, Etty Hillesum's main concern was what?

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