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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Hitler gain control of Poland?
(a) September 1st, 1939.
(b) September 3rd, 1939.
(c) September 2nd, 1939.
(d) September 4th, 1939.

2. How old was Marion's father when he married her mother?
(a) 38.
(b) 35.
(c) 37.
(d) 36.

3. What illness did the Blumenthal children have in November, 1938?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Dysentary.
(c) Whooping cough.
(d) Typhus.

4. What was the name given to Hitler's attempt to overthrow the German government?
(a) Hall Beer Putsch.
(b) Beer Hall Putsch.
(c) Putsch Hall Beer.
(d) Beer Putsch.

5. What middle name were all Jewish women forced to take in August, 1938?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Marion.
(d) Ruth.

6. In what year was Marion born?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1936.

7. What documents did Marion's mother take to negotiate her husband's release from the concentration camp?
(a) Marriage certificate.
(b) Army release papers.
(c) Jewish heritage papers.
(d) Immigration papers.

8. What nickname did Marion's mother give her?
(a) Darling.
(b) Liebling.
(c) Sweetheart.
(d) Pet.

9. How long was Marion's father held prisoner for the first time he was sent to a concentration camp?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 1 ½ weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 2 1/2 weeks.

10. What was the name of Marion's brother?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) Robert.
(c) Albert.
(d) Stephen.

11. How many Polish Jews were deported out of Germany in 1938?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 19,000.
(c) 21,000.
(d) 18,000.

12. Where did Marion's paternal grandparents live as long as Marion could remember?
(a) Across the street from Marion's family.
(b) In the apartment below Marion's family.
(c) Next door to Marion's family.
(d) In the apartment above Marion's family.

13. Where did Marion's father move her family after the death of his parents?
(a) Bonn, Germany.
(b) Bergen, Germany.
(c) Hanover, Germany.
(d) Berlin, Germany.

14. When did the Blumenthal family receive their American visas?
(a) January 1940.
(b) April 1940.
(c) February 1940.
(d) March 1940.

15. Where did Marion's family store the items they planned to take to the US?
(a) Warsaw, Poland.
(b) Rotterdam, Germany.
(c) Hoya, Germany.
(d) Berlin, Germany,

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of food did Marion long for in the camp in Holland?

2. On what day was Marion's father warned to get rid of his service revolver?

3. What did the prisoners call the police aides?

4. What did the word that was written on the yellow star of David the Jews were forced to wear mean?

5. How many people were the barracks at the second concentration camp supposed to hold?

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