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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 was Albala?
(a) Ruth's cousin who escaped from the camp.
(b) A family friend.
(c) Marion's uncle who fled to the U.S.
(d) A Jewish guard at the German camp the Blumenthals lived in.

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

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

4. What condition did Marion have as a result of her eye muscles being unbalanced?
(a) Cross eyed.
(b) Blind in right eye.
(c) Blurred vision.
(d) Blind in left eye.

5. How long did it take the train that the Blumenthals traveled on to reach Berlin?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 2 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the graves that the dead prisoners in Trobitz were buried in called?

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

3. What did the gas chamber at Auschwitz look like?

4. In what month was Albert's birthday?

5. What was the camp that the Blumenthals lived in renamed after the Germans took control?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happened after the prisoners were liberated?

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