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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 was the weather like when the Blumenthals arrived at the camp in Germany?
(a) Hot and windy.
(b) Hot and rainy.
(c) Cold and windy.
(d) Cold and rainy.

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

3. What happened to some of the liberated prisoners because of overeating?
(a) They vomited uncontrollably.
(b) They died.
(c) They got dysentary.
(d) They became dehydrated.

4. Where were the Blumenthals sent after leaving Holland?
(a) Hoya, Germany,
(b) Celle, Germany.
(c) Belsen, Germany.
(d) Bergen, Germany.

5. What disease caused the death of Marion's father?
(a) Dysentary.
(b) Typhus.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Whooping cough.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Albala's son?

2. What disease was the most prevalent at the camp the Blumenthals lived in Germany?

3. How old was Marion when she was liberated?

4. When did the train that the Blumenthals were put on after leaving the camp in Germany finally start moving?

5. How many of the prisoners on the train with the Blumenthals died before the liberation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the Blumenthals evacuated from Bergen-Belsen?

2. What happened after the prisoners were liberated?

3. How did Marion feel about returning to Holland?

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

5. How did Marion feel when she received her first piece of new clothing?

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

7. What devastating blow did the Blumenthal family suffer in May, 1944?

8. What happened to the prisoners when they arrived at the train?

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

10. What food absolutely fascinated Marion in Holland?

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