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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time had passed between the first time the Blumenthals were in Holland and the second time?
(a) 6 1/2 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 7 1/2 years.
(d) 7 years.

2. How many bags was each family member allowed to take when leaving Holland?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

3. Where were Marion and her brother sent a month after his 13th birthday?
(a) Palestine Home.
(b) Jewish home for displaced youth.
(c) Youth Aliyah home.
(d) Jewish Youth home.

4. Where was the first group of evacuees in 1945 from Bergen-Belsen sent?
(a) Great Britian.
(b) Poland.
(c) Czechoslovakia.
(d) Russia.

5. What did Marion's father trade for extra bread rations at the camp in Germany?
(a) Alchohol.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Clothing.

6. How did Marion's mother feel when she made her discovery of the food in the abandoned farmhouse after they were liberated?
(a) Worried.
(b) Grateful.
(c) Happy.
(d) Relieved.

7. What was the result of getting the disease that was prevalent at the camp in Germany?
(a) Loss of hair.
(b) Loss of sanity.
(c) Death.
(d) Loss of limbs.

8. What rotting vegetables did the Blumenthals eat right after leaving the camp in Germany?
(a) Turnips.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Rutabagas.
(d) Carrots.

9. What was the second most prevalent disease at the camp the Blumenthals lived in Germany?
(a) Whooping cough.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Dysentary.
(d) Typhus.

10. What type of rail car did the Blumenthals ride in on their departure from Holland?
(a) 2nd class carriage.
(b) 3rd class carriage.
(c) 1st class carriage.
(d) Cattle car.

11. On what day were the Blumenthals liberated from the Nazis?
(a) April 25th, 1945.
(b) April 23rd, 1945.
(c) April 26th, 1945.
(d) April 24th, 1945.

12. What disease caused the death of Marion's father?
(a) Dysentary.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Whooping cough.
(d) Typhus.

13. How long were the Jewish in Trobitz required to stay there for quarantine after the war ended?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 3 months.

14. Who was Albala?
(a) A Jewish guard at the German camp the Blumenthals lived in.
(b) Marion's uncle who fled to the U.S.
(c) A family friend.
(d) Ruth's cousin who escaped from the camp.

15. What happened to some of the liberated prisoners because of overeating?
(a) They got dysentary.
(b) They became dehydrated.
(c) They vomited uncontrollably.
(d) They died.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Blumenthals receive permission to leave the camp in Holland?

2. What drink was sometimes given to children in Europe during the mid 1900s to nourish their bodies?

3. What nationality were the soldiers that liberated the Blumenthals?

4. What disease was the most prevalent at the camp the Blumenthals lived in Germany?

5. What German town did the train reach by April 15th, 1945?

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