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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rotting vegetables did the Blumenthals eat right after leaving the camp in Germany?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Rutabagas.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Turnips.

2. When did the train that the Blumenthals were put on after leaving the camp in Germany finally start moving?
(a) April 13th, 1945.
(b) April 12th, 1945.
(c) April 10th, 1945.
(d) April 11th, 1945.

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

4. What was the camp that the Blumenthals lived in renamed after the Germans took control?
(a) Nazi Transit Camp, Westerbork.
(b) SS Controlled Camp, Westerbork.
(c) Police Supervised Transit Camp, Westerbork.
(d) Transit Camp Westerbork.

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

6. What did Marion's family eat for the first time after being liberated?
(a) Beef.
(b) Fish.
(c) Steak.
(d) Pork.

7. What was the German word for watch?
(a) Lassen.
(b) Uhr.
(c) Hallo.
(d) Januar.

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

9. Where was the first group of evacuees in 1945 from Bergen-Belsen sent?
(a) Poland.
(b) Czechoslovakia.
(c) Russia.
(d) Great Britian.

10. What drink was sometimes given to children in Europe during the mid 1900s to nourish their bodies?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Tequila.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Beer.

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

12. How many of the prisoners from the train were eventually buried in Trobitz by the time the quarantine was over?
(a) Over 600.
(b) Over 700.
(c) Over 800.
(d) Over 900.

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

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

15. When did the Blumenthals receive permission to leave the camp in Holland?
(a) February 2, 1944.
(b) January 31, 1944.
(c) February 1, 1944.
(d) January 30, 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Germany surrender in the war?

2. How long were the Jewish in Trobitz required to stay there for quarantine after the war ended?

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

4. What animals scared Marion when she arrived at the camp in Germany?

5. How many of the prisoners on the train with the Blumenthals died before the liberation?

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