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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 Czechoslovakia?
(a) March 17th, 1939.
(b) March 15th, 1939.
(c) March 18th, 1939.
(d) March 16th, 1939.

2. What did Marion's father always bring to her and her mother when they were able to meet up at the concentration camp?
(a) Food.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Socks.
(d) Water.

3. How many decks were the bunks at the second concentration camp Marion's family was sent to?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. What were Marion's favorite childhood game?
(a) Jump ropes.
(b) Marbles.
(c) Hopscotch.
(d) Dodgeball.

5. What did the prisoners call the police aides?
(a) Kapo.
(b) Januar.
(c) Hallo.
(d) Lassen.

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

7. How many Jewish men were taken to concentration camps on November 10th, 1938?
(a) 35,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 45,000.
(d) 30,000.

8. What countries did Germany invade on April 10, 1940?
(a) Norway and Belgium.
(b) Denmark and Holland.
(c) Denmark and Norway.
(d) Holland and Belgium.

9. How many Jewish shops were looted and destroyed on November 10th, 1938?
(a) 10000.
(b) 8500.
(c) 8000.
(d) 9000.

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

11. How many people were forced to live in the barracks at the second concentration camp?
(a) 650.
(b) 700.
(c) 600.
(d) 750.

12. What month was the Blumenthal's departure to America rescheduled for?
(a) June 1940.
(b) July 1940.
(c) September 1940.
(d) August 1940.

13. When had Hitler been arrested for trying to overthrow the German government?
(a) November 10th, 1923.
(b) November 9th, 1923.
(c) November 12th, 1923.
(d) November 11th, 1923.

14. How did Marion sleep her first weeks at the second concentration camp?
(a) Huddled under a stack of blankets.
(b) Wrapped in her mother's arms.
(c) Curled in the fetal position.
(d) Hiding under her bed.

15. What type of food did Marion long for in the camp in Holland?
(a) Cake.
(b) Candy.
(c) Bread.
(d) Pie.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day each year did the Nazi party celebrate that they had come to power?

2. Where did Marion's mother go to negotiate her husband's release from the concentration camp?

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

4. What was the name of the family that lived in the apartment above the Blumenthal's in Germany in 1938?

5. What did Marion feel was the second worst thing at the second concentration camp?

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