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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 people could be killed every 24 hours at Auschwitz between 1943 and 1944?
(a) 4765.
(b) 4758.
(c) 4756.
(d) 4757.

2. What river did the train the Blumenthals traveled on cross before reaching Berlin?
(a) Elbe.
(b) Seine.
(c) Rhone.
(d) Rhine.

3. What drink was sometimes given to children in Europe during the mid 1900s to nourish their bodies?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Beer.

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

5. What was the first new piece of clothing that Marion received while in Amsterdam?
(a) Striped sundress.
(b) Flower patterned sundress.
(c) Striped sweater.
(d) Flower patterned sweater.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Marion when she was liberated?

2. What was the German word for watch?

3. What gift did a German guard give Marion's brother at the camp in Germany?

4. How long did the train ride from Holland to Germany take?

5. How many of the prisoners from the train were eventually buried in Trobitz by the time the quarantine was over?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Marion's father die from?

2. What kindness was shown to Marion by an SS guard at Bergen-Belsen?

3. What happened to Marion's leg while she and her mother were cooking soup in the camp in Germany?

4. What did Ruth say was the only way the family was able to survive the early months at Bergen-Belsen?

5. Why were the liberated prisoners quarantined in Trobitz?

6. What were the traveling conditions going to Bergen-Belsen like?

7. What led the Blumenthals to leave Westerbork?

8. What were children in Eastern Europe sometimes given to nourish their bodies?

9. What did Marion's mother find in the farmhouse they foraged?

10. What did the prisoners think the train was taking them to?

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