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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. Who ran the home that Marion and her brother were sent to a month after his birthday?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Baum.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Baulin.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Birnbaum.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Cohen.

2. What animals scared Marion when she arrived at the camp in Germany?
(a) Horses.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Police dogs.

3. Where did Marion and her family go after leaving their family's home in Amsterdam?
(a) A retreat in the mountains.
(b) A Jewish convalescent home in Amsterdam.
(c) An apartment in Amsterdam.
(d) A refugee camp in Gouda.

4. How did Marion's mother feel when she made her discovery of the food in the abandoned farmhouse after they were liberated?
(a) Happy.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Grateful.
(d) Worried.

5. How many Jews were sent to Auschwitz between 1942 and 1944?
(a) 65,000.
(b) 60,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 70,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many people could be killed every 24 hours at Auschwitz between 1943 and 1944?

3. What disease caused the death of Marion's father?

4. Where did Marion's mother get water from while on the train after leaving the camp in Germany?

5. How much did Marion weigh when she was liberated?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Marion feel about returning to Holland?

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

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

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

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

6. What did the German guards order the prisoners to do each day while on the train?

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

8. What food absolutely fascinated Marion in Holland?

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

10. What was the only thing that gave Ruth strength to face the future after Walter's death?

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