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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of the first concentration camp opened in Germany?
(a) Dachau.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Bergen-Belsen.
(d) Westerbork.

3. Where was the Blumenthal family moved to in December, 1939?
(a) Brennen Camp.
(b) Westerbork Camp.
(c) Bergen-Belsen Camp.
(d) Auschwitz Camp.

4. Where did the Blumenthal family go after leaving Hanover in 1938?
(a) Bonn.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Rotterdam.
(d) Brussels.

5. When was the first concentration camp opened in Germany?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1935.

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

7. What was the 2nd concentration camp that Marion's family was sent to?
(a) Bernberg.
(b) Westerbork.
(c) Auschwitz.
(d) Bergen-Belsen.

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

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

10. In what year did the Nazi party become the largest party in Germany?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1933.

11. Where did Marion's family get a permit to go after her father was released from the concentration camp in 1938?
(a) Holland.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Poland.
(d) France.

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

13. What was the daily food ration at the second concentration camp?
(a) Chunk of black bread and cup of cabbage 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 turnip soup.

14. When did Hitler order a boycott of Jewish businesses?
(a) April 4th, 1933.
(b) April 3rd, 1933.
(c) April 2nd, 1933.
(d) April 1st, 1933.

15. Marion's hometown was between which two towns in Germany?
(a) Hanover and Bremen.
(b) Bremen and Jorsfelde.
(c) Hanover and Treptow.
(d) Bremen and Treptow.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Marion's family board the train to leave Germany?

2. When did Marion's parents get married?

3. What documents did Marion's mother take to negotiate her husband's release from the concentration camp?

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

5. How far was the outhouse from the barracks where Marion lived in the second concentration camp?

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