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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift did a German guard give Marion's brother at the camp in Germany?
(a) An apple.
(b) A plum.
(c) A tomato.
(d) A banana.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Where were Marion and her brother sent a month after his 13th birthday?
(a) Jewish Youth home.
(b) Jewish home for displaced youth.
(c) Youth Aliyah home.
(d) Palestine Home.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What did Marion have nightmares about while in Trobitz?
(a) Dying.
(b) Having her leg amputated.
(c) Being taken prisoner again.
(d) Losing her family.

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) French.
(d) Hebrew.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was the powder that the doctors sprinkled on Marion's burn on her leg?

2. What did Marion's mother do to Marion's hair in Trobitz to keep her from getting lice?

3. What German town did the train reach by April 15th, 1945?

4. What happened to Albala's son?

5. When did the train that the Blumenthals were put on after leaving the camp in Germany finally start moving?

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