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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 long did the train ride from Holland to Germany take?
(a) 5 hours.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 7 hours.

2. How old was Ruth when she became a widow?
(a) 39.
(b) 40.
(c) 38.
(d) 37.

3. What language did Marion learn at the home that she and her brother were sent to a month after his birthday?
(a) Dutch.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Hebrew.

4. What was the German word for watch?
(a) Uhr.
(b) Hallo.
(c) Januar.
(d) Lassen.

5. In what month was Albert's birthday?
(a) January.
(b) October.
(c) December.
(d) November.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drink was sometimes given to children in Europe during the mid 1900s to nourish their bodies?

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

3. How long were the Jewish in Trobitz required to stay there for quarantine after the war ended?

4. How long did it take the train that the Blumenthals traveled on to reach Berlin?

5. What was the term given to the Jewish people sent to Holland in 1945?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the main reason that so many prisoners were evacuated from Bergen-Belsen?

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

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

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

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

7. What nightmares did Marion have regarding her leg wound?

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

9. What was Marion's first impression of Bergen-Belsen?

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

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