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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. What nickname did Marion's mother give her?
(a) Darling.
(b) Sweetheart.
(c) Pet.
(d) Liebling.

2. When did Hitler order a boycott of Jewish businesses?
(a) April 4th, 1933.
(b) April 1st, 1933.
(c) April 3rd, 1933.
(d) April 2nd, 1933.

3. What word was written on the yellow star of David that the Jews were forced to wear?
(a) Zyd.
(b) Juif.
(c) Jude.
(d) Jehu.

4. When was Hitler made chancellor of Germany?
(a) January 30th, 1933.
(b) January 31st, 1933.
(c) January 29th, 1933.
(d) January 28th, 1933.

5. When did the Blumenthal family receive their American visas?
(a) February 1940.
(b) March 1940.
(c) April 1940.
(d) January 1940.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Marion's mother when she married her father?

2. What was the name given to Hitler's attempt to overthrow the German government?

3. What was the name of the friend who warned Marion's father to get rid of his service revolver?

4. When did Marion's parents get married?

5. How many Jewish people had relocated to the Netherlands from Germany by 1939?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened in Hanover, Germany on November 9th and 10th, 1938?

2. What were living conditions like at Westerbork?

3. What were Ruth's duties while at Westerbork?

4. When and why was war declared on Germany?

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

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

7. How did Marion's parents meet?

8. What was life like for the German-Jewish refugees of the mid to late 1930s?

9. What did Hitler do in 1923 that caused an uproar?

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

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