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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of rail car did the Blumenthals ride in on their departure from Holland?
(a) Cattle car.
(b) 3rd class carriage.
(c) 2nd class carriage.
(d) 1st class carriage.

3. What was the term given to the Jewish people sent to Holland in 1945?
(a) Refugees.
(b) Expatriates.
(c) Displaced persons.
(d) Castaways.

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

5. How many people could be killed every 24 hours at Auschwitz between 1943 and 1944?
(a) 4758.
(b) 4765.
(c) 4756.
(d) 4757.

6. Where did Marion's mother get water from while on the train after leaving the camp in Germany?
(a) A fellow prisoner.
(b) A creek on the side of the tracks.
(c) The engineer.
(d) An SS guard.

7. How did Marion's mother feel when she made her discovery of the food in the abandoned farmhouse after they were liberated?
(a) Happy.
(b) Worried.
(c) Grateful.
(d) Relieved.

8. On what day were the Blumenthals liberated from the Nazis?
(a) April 24th, 1945.
(b) April 26th, 1945.
(c) April 23rd, 1945.
(d) April 25th, 1945.

9. How many Jews were supposed to be transferred to Palestine from Germany in 1944?
(a) 1200.
(b) 1300.
(c) 1400.
(d) 1100.

10. Who wrote "Four Perfect Pebbles"?
(a) Marion Blumenthal.
(b) Albert Blumenthal.
(c) Ruth Blumenthal.
(d) Walter Blumenthal.

11. How old was Ruth when she became a widow?
(a) 38.
(b) 40.
(c) 37.
(d) 39.

12. What did the phrase that the SS Guards called to the prisoners on the train each night mean?
(a) Throw out the corpses.
(b) Out with the dead.
(c) Relinquish the dead.
(d) Discard your dead.

13. What did the gas chamber at Auschwitz look like?
(a) Public shower.
(b) Cafeteria.
(c) Public bathroom.
(d) Barracks.

14. How long did it take the train that the Blumenthals traveled on to reach Berlin?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 week.

15. How much did Marion weigh when she was liberated?
(a) 45 lbs.
(b) 50 lbs.
(c) 40 lbs.
(d) 35 lbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drink was sometimes given to children in Europe during the mid 1900s to nourish their bodies?

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

3. What happened to Albala's son?

4. What were the graves that the dead prisoners in Trobitz were buried in called?

5. When did the Blumenthals receive permission to leave the camp in Holland?

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