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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 old was Marion's father when he married her mother?
(a) 35.
(b) 36.
(c) 38.
(d) 37.

2. What did Marion feel was the second worst thing at the second concentration camp?
(a) The work they had to do.
(b) The separation from her father.
(c) Gnawing hunger.
(d) The constant chill in the air.

3. Where was the Blumenthal family moved to in December, 1939?
(a) Brennen Camp.
(b) Bergen-Belsen Camp.
(c) Auschwitz Camp.
(d) Westerbork Camp.

4. How long was Marion's father held prisoner for the first time he was sent to a concentration camp?
(a) 1 ½ weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 2 1/2 weeks.

5. What did Marion mistake a wagon load of dead prisoners at the second concentration camp for?
(a) Wagon of food.
(b) Wagon of provisions.
(c) Wagon of firewood.
(d) Wagon of clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Marion's family get a permit to go after her father was released from the concentration camp in 1938?

2. Where did the Blumenthal family go after 3 months in Holland?

3. Who were the police aides in the concentration camps?

4. Where did Marion's father move her family after the death of his parents?

5. When did the Blumenthal's plan to set sail for America?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was life like for the Blumenthal family in Holland?

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

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

6. What were living conditions like at Westerbork?

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

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

9. How did the Nazi party come into power in Germany?

10. What happened to Marion's father in the early morning hours of November 10, 1938?

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