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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Marion call her paternal grandparents?

2. What was the name of the friend who warned Marion's father to get rid of his service revolver?

3. In what year did Marion's paternal grandparents die?

4. What did Marion feel was the second worst thing at the second concentration camp?

5. What ship had the Blumenthal's paid for their passage to America on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was life like for the Blumenthal family in Holland?

2. What was roll call at Bergen-Belsen like?

3. What happened to Marion's father in the early morning hours of November 10, 1938?

4. Why did Hitler's attack against Jews seem strange?

5. What was life like for the German-Jewish refugees of the early 1930s?

6. What was day to day life at Bergen-Belsen like?

7. What happened in Hanover, Germany on November 9th and 10th, 1938?

8. What view of Hitler's made him gain popularity?

9. What did Hitler do to Polish Jews on October 28, 1938?

10. What was life like for the German-Jewish refugees of the mid to late 1930s?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marion and her family were liberated in 1948. Discuss the liberation of the Blumenthal family.

Essay Topic 2

Adolph Hitler viewed the Jewish people as the cause for Germany's economic problems. Discuss Hitler's views.

Essay Topic 3

The Blumenthal family was placed on a train they called "The Death Train" after leaving Bergen-Belsen. Discuss the family's time on the death train.

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