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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Marion's mother find for her family to eat in an abandoned farmhouse after they were liberated?
(a) Fresh fruit.
(b) Smoked meat.
(c) Fresh meat.
(d) Dried fruit.

2. What camp were the Blumenthals sent to upon arriving in Germany?
(a) Bergen-Belsen.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Brennen.
(d) Westerbork.

3. How old was Albert at the end of the war?
(a) 13 1/2.
(b) 14.
(c) 12 1/2.
(d) 13.

4. How old was Marion when she was liberated?
(a) 11 1/2.
(b) 10 1/2.
(c) 11.
(d) 12.

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

6. How many of the prisoners on the train with the Blumenthals died before the liberation?
(a) 350.
(b) 300.
(c) 200.
(d) 250.

7. What was the second most prevalent disease at the camp the Blumenthals lived in Germany?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Typhus.
(c) Whooping cough.
(d) Dysentary.

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

9. What happened to some of the liberated prisoners because of overeating?
(a) They got dysentary.
(b) They vomited uncontrollably.
(c) They became dehydrated.
(d) They died.

10. What German town did the train reach by April 15th, 1945?
(a) Herzeberg.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Hoya.
(d) Luneberg.

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

12. Where were the Blumenthals sent after leaving Holland?
(a) Hoya, Germany,
(b) Bergen, Germany.
(c) Celle, Germany.
(d) Belsen, Germany.

13. Who did the Blumenthals stay with in Amsterdam?
(a) Tante Olga and Uncle Roths.
(b) Tante Gerda and Uncle Roths.
(c) Tante Olga and Uncle Ernst.
(d) Tante Gerda and Uncle Ernst.

14. What language did Marion learn at the home that she and her brother were sent to a month after his birthday?
(a) Dutch.
(b) English.
(c) Hebrew.
(d) French.

15. When did Marion's father die?
(a) June 9th, 1945.
(b) June 10th, 1945.
(c) June 7th, 1945.
(d) June 8th, 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Marion's mother have at the camp in Germany?

2. What happened to Albala's son?

3. How much time had passed between the first time the Blumenthals were in Holland and the second time?

4. In what month was Albert's birthday?

5. How many Jews were sent to Auschwitz between 1942 and 1944?

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