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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Marion's parents get married?

2. What was the name of the friend who warned Marion's father to get rid of his service revolver?

3. Where did the Blumenthal family go after leaving Hanover in 1938?

4. When was Hitler made Fuhrer of Germany?

5. What were Marion's paternal grandparent's names?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hitler do to Polish Jews on October 28, 1938?

2. Why were prisoners required to wear the star of David?

3. How did Marion's parents meet?

4. What view of Hitler's made him gain popularity?

5. What was life like for the German-Jewish refugees of the early 1930s?

6. What happened to Marion's father in the early morning hours of November 10, 1938?

7. When and why was war declared on Germany?

8. What happened to Ernst vom Rath in November 1938?

9. What was the dress code at Bergen-Belsen?

10. What was life like for the German-Jewish refugees of the mid to late 1930s?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marion and her family were liberated in 1948. Discuss the liberation of the Blumenthal family.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the writing style that Marion Blumenthal Lazan and Lila Perl used in "Four Perfect Pebbles".

Essay Topic 3

Ruth Blumenthal was a great source of strength for her family during their time in the German concentration camp. Discuss how Ruth provided her family with the strength to survive.

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