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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Marion's mother get water from while on the train after leaving the camp in Germany?
(a) A creek on the side of the tracks.
(b) A fellow prisoner.
(c) An SS guard.
(d) The engineer.

3. What drink was sometimes given to children in Europe during the mid 1900s to nourish their bodies?
(a) Beer.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Whiskey.

4. Who did the Blumenthals stay with in Amsterdam?
(a) Tante Olga and Uncle Roths.
(b) Tante Olga and Uncle Ernst.
(c) Tante Gerda and Uncle Ernst.
(d) Tante Gerda and Uncle Roths.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Marion when she was liberated?

2. What animals scared Marion when she arrived at the camp in Germany?

3. How much time had passed between the first time the Blumenthals were in Holland and the second time?

4. How many Jews were sent to Auschwitz between 1942 and 1944?

5. What did Marion's mother find for her family to eat in an abandoned farmhouse after they were liberated?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Marion's burn treated after the liberation?

2. What did Marion's father die from?

3. What food absolutely fascinated Marion in Holland?

4. What was the only thing that gave Ruth strength to face the future after Walter's death?

5. What nightmares did Marion have regarding her leg wound?

6. What were the traveling conditions going to Bergen-Belsen like?

7. What was Marion's first impression of Bergen-Belsen?

8. What led the Blumenthals to leave Westerbork?

9. What happened to Marion's leg while she and her mother were cooking soup in the camp in Germany?

10. What did Marion's mother find in the farmhouse they foraged?

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