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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. How many Jewish people had relocated to the Netherlands from Germany by 1939?
(a) 140,000.
(b) 150,000.
(c) 155,000.
(d) 145,000.

2. How far was the outhouse from the barracks where Marion lived in the second concentration camp?
(a) 4 blocks.
(b) 1 block.
(c) 3 blocks.
(d) 2 blocks.

3. How many decks were the bunks at the second concentration camp Marion's family was sent to?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

4. What was the first camp Marion's family was sent to?
(a) Bergen-Belsen.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Bernberg.
(d) Westerbork.

5. What was the daily food ration at the second concentration camp?
(a) Chunk of black bread and a couple of turnips.
(b) Chunk of black bread and cup of turnip soup.
(c) Chunk of black bread and cup of cabbage soup.
(d) Cup of turnip soup and chunk of cabbage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Marion's mother go to negotiate her husband's release from the concentration camp?

2. How old was Marion's mother when she took a train ride across Northern Germany to find her future?

3. How many Jews died on November 10th, 1938?

4. What was Marion's father's first name?

5. How old was Marion when she went to the second concentration camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were living conditions like at Westerbork?

3. What did Marion feel was the worst part of life at Bergen-Belsen?

4. What happened to Ernst vom Rath in November 1938?

5. Why were prisoners required to wear the star of David?

6. What did the government levy against the Jews on November 12th, 1938?

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

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

9. What was the dress code at Bergen-Belsen?

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

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