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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did Marion's mother have at the camp in Germany?
(a) Kitchen work.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Babysitter.
(d) Medical assistant.

2. What did the SS Guards call to the prisoners on the train each night?
(a) Taten Rous.
(b) Totan Raush.
(c) Taten Raus.
(d) Toten Raus.

3. What did Marion's father trade for extra bread rations at the camp in Germany?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Alchohol.
(d) Clothing.

4. Were was Marion's family sent after the quarantine ended?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) Holland.
(c) Belgium.
(d) France.

5. What did Marion's mother do to Marion's hair in Trobitz to keep her from getting lice?
(a) Shaved it.
(b) Slather it with mayonnaise.
(c) Bleached it.
(d) Shampooed it in vinegar.

6. How many Jews actually made the transfer to Palestine?
(a) 221.
(b) 222.
(c) 242.
(d) 241.

7. What river did the train the Blumenthals traveled on cross before reaching Berlin?
(a) Rhine.
(b) Elbe.
(c) Rhone.
(d) Seine.

8. In what German town were the Blumenthals liberated?
(a) Hoya.
(b) Bergen.
(c) Trobitz.
(d) Berlin.

9. Who was Albala?
(a) A family friend.
(b) A Jewish guard at the German camp the Blumenthals lived in.
(c) Marion's uncle who fled to the U.S.
(d) Ruth's cousin who escaped from the camp.

10. How many Jews were sent to Auschwitz between 1942 and 1944?
(a) 75,000.
(b) 60,000.
(c) 70,000.
(d) 65,000.

11. Who ran the home that Marion and her brother were sent to a month after his birthday?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Cohen.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Baulin.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Birnbaum.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Baum.

12. What was the first new piece of clothing that Marion received while in Amsterdam?
(a) Striped sundress.
(b) Flower patterned sweater.
(c) Flower patterned sundress.
(d) Striped sweater.

13. What hospital was Marion's leg burn treated at?
(a) French Army Field Hospital.
(b) Russian Army Field Hospital.
(c) American Army Field Hospital.
(d) British Army Field Hospital.

14. How much of an allowance did Marion receive while in Amsterdam?
(a) 25 cents a week.
(b) 10 cents a week.
(c) 20 cents a week.
(d) 15 cents a week.

15. What condition did Marion have as a result of her eye muscles being unbalanced?
(a) Cross eyed.
(b) Blurred vision.
(c) Blind in right eye.
(d) Blind in left eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the phrase that the SS Guards called to the prisoners on the train each night mean?

2. How long did the train ride from Holland to Germany take?

3. Where did Marion and her family go after leaving their family's home in Amsterdam?

4. How old was Marion when she was liberated?

5. Who wrote "Four Perfect Pebbles"?

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