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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first thing that was done every morning at the second concentration camp?
(a) Roll call.
(b) The reading of the names of the dead.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Bed check.

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

3. In what year was Marion's brother born?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1933.

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

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

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

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

8. What was the name of the family that lived in the apartment above the Blumenthal's in Germany in 1938?
(a) Briggs.
(b) Wells.
(c) Dannenberg.
(d) Johannsen.

9. What was the first camp Marion's family was sent to?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Westerbork.
(c) Bernberg.
(d) Bergen-Belsen.

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

11. What was Marion's childhood hobby while living at the camps?
(a) Collecting foil wrappings.
(b) Hopscotch.
(c) Reading.
(d) Collecting pebbles.

12. When was Hitler made chancellor of Germany?
(a) January 30th, 1933.
(b) January 29th, 1933.
(c) January 28th, 1933.
(d) January 31st, 1933.

13. How old was Marion when she went to the second concentration camp?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

14. Where did the Blumenthal family go after 3 months in Holland?
(a) An apartment in Amsterdam.
(b) Back to Germany.
(c) To a shelter in the mountains.
(d) A refugee camp in Gouda.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sad event happened every morning at the second concentration camp Marion's family lived in?

2. When was war declared on Germany?

3. How many Jewish shops were looted and destroyed on November 10th, 1938?

4. How many decks were the bunks at the second concentration camp Marion's family was sent to?

5. Who were the police aides in the concentration camps?

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