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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Marion's family board the train to leave Germany?
(a) January, 1939.
(b) April, 1939.
(c) February, 1939.
(d) March, 1939.

2. When did the Blumenthal's plan to set sail for America?
(a) May 1940.
(b) June 1940.
(c) April 1940.
(d) March 1940.

3. What was the name of the family that lived in the apartment above the Blumenthal's in Germany in 1938?
(a) Wells.
(b) Dannenberg.
(c) Briggs.
(d) Johannsen.

4. In what year was Marion born?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1936.

5. What documents did Marion's mother take to negotiate her husband's release from the concentration camp?
(a) Marriage certificate.
(b) Immigration papers.
(c) Army release papers.
(d) Jewish heritage papers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month was the Blumenthal's departure to America rescheduled for?

2. Where did Marion's family store the items they planned to take to the US?

3. When did Marion's parents get married?

4. What did the prisoners call the police aides?

5. When was the first concentration camp opened in Germany?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the term "run into the wires" mean?

2. What laws were passed on August 17, 1938?

3. Why did Hitler's attack against Jews seem strange?

4. What was Marion's childhood in Hoya like?

5. How did Marion's parents meet?

6. Why was life in the Sternlager section of Bergen-Belsen considered better than life in the other sections?

7. Why did Marion's father dispose of his service revolver?

8. What did Hitler do to Polish Jews on October 28, 1938?

9. Why was finding four perfect pebbles so important to Marion?

10. When did Hitler begin his racist activities in Germany?

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