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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 11th, 1945.
(d) April 10th, 1945.

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

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

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

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

9. How long were the Jewish in Trobitz required to stay there for quarantine after the war ended?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 3 months.

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

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

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

13. What German city did Hitler take refuge in?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Luneberg.
(c) Herzeberg.
(d) Hoya.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What camp were the Blumenthals sent to upon arriving in Germany?

2. How much did Marion's mother weigh when she was liberated?

3. In what German town were the Blumenthals liberated?

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

5. Who ran the home that Marion and her brother were sent to a month after his birthday?

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