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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sad event happened every morning at the second concentration camp Marion's family lived in?
(a) Roll call.
(b) People died.
(c) People being transferred to death camps.
(d) The reading of the names of the dead.

2. When did Marion's family board the train to leave Germany?
(a) April, 1939.
(b) February, 1939.
(c) March, 1939.
(d) January, 1939.

3. What did the word that was written on the yellow star of David the Jews were forced to wear mean?
(a) Jew.
(b) Communist.
(c) Dirty.
(d) Pig.

4. On what day was Marion's father warned to get rid of his service revolver?
(a) November 10th, 1938.
(b) November 12th, 1938.
(c) November 9th, 1938.
(d) November 11th, 1938.

5. When was Rotterdam bombed by Germany?
(a) May 17th, 1940.
(b) May 15th, 1940.
(c) May 14th, 1940.
(d) May 16th, 1940.

6. When did Hitler gain control of Czechoslovakia?
(a) March 18th, 1939.
(b) March 17th, 1939.
(c) March 16th, 1939.
(d) March 15th, 1939.

7. When did the Blumenthal's plan to set sail for America?
(a) June 1940.
(b) April 1940.
(c) March 1940.
(d) May 1940.

8. What was the name of the customs agency on the German/Dutch border?
(a) Zollfahndungs Stelle.
(b) Fahndungs Stelle.
(c) Zollfan Stelle.
(d) Zollfan.

9. What were Marion's paternal grandparent's names?
(a) Johanna and Max Blumenthal.
(b) Lini and Tom Blumenthal.
(c) Lini and Max Blumenthal.
(d) Tom and Johanna Blumenthal.

10. When did Marion's parents get married?
(a) November, 1931.
(b) October, 1931.
(c) December, 1931.
(d) September, 1931.

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

12. What was the daily food ration at the second concentration camp?
(a) Chunk of black bread and cup of turnip soup.
(b) Cup of turnip soup and chunk of cabbage.
(c) Chunk of black bread and a couple of turnips.
(d) Chunk of black bread and cup of cabbage soup.

13. What did Marion mistake a wagon load of dead prisoners at the second concentration camp for?
(a) Wagon of firewood.
(b) Wagon of clothing.
(c) Wagon of food.
(d) Wagon of provisions.

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

15. Where did Marion's mother go to negotiate her husband's release from the concentration camp?
(a) SS Headquarters.
(b) Nazi Local Office.
(c) Gestapo Headquarters.
(d) Adolph Hitler's office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What section of the 2nd concentration camp that Marion and her family were sent to were they housed in?

2. When did Hitler order a boycott of Jewish businesses?

3. How old was Marion's mother when she took a train ride across Northern Germany to find her future?

4. What were Marion's favorite childhood game?

5. What was Marion's father's first name?

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