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

2. How much did Marion weigh when she was liberated?
(a) 50 lbs.
(b) 35 lbs.
(c) 40 lbs.
(d) 45 lbs.

3. What was the result of getting the disease that was prevalent at the camp in Germany?
(a) Loss of sanity.
(b) Loss of limbs.
(c) Loss of hair.
(d) Death.

4. Where did Marion's mother get water from while on the train after leaving the camp in Germany?
(a) An SS guard.
(b) A fellow prisoner.
(c) The engineer.
(d) A creek on the side of the tracks.

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

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. Who did the Blumenthals stay with in Amsterdam?

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

4. When did the Germans take over the camp in Holland that the Blumenthals lived in?

5. What did Marion's family eat for the first time after being liberated?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was Marion's burn treated after the liberation?

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

4. What happened after the prisoners were liberated?

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

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

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

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

9. What did Marion's father die from?

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

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