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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 valuable item did the Gestapo steal from the Blumenthal's on the first visit to their home?

2. Where did Marion's paternal grandparents live as long as Marion could remember?

3. What did Marion mistake a wagon load of dead prisoners at the second concentration camp for?

4. Who declared war on Germany?

5. How many people were forced to live in the barracks at the second concentration camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was destroyed in the Autumn of 1938?

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

3. What did Marion feel was the worst part of life at Bergen-Belsen?

4. When did Hitler begin his racist activities in Germany?

5. What was Marion's childhood in Hoya like?

6. Why was life in the Sternlager section of Bergen-Belsen considered better than life in the other sections?

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

8. Why did Marion's father dispose of his service revolver?

9. Why was finding four perfect pebbles so important to Marion?

10. What were Ruth's duties while at Westerbork?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the lives of Marion and her family in Germany in the 1930s and 40s to the lives of their non-Jewish German friends.

Essay Topic 2

Marion and her family finally made it to America in 1948. Discuss how they felt when they arrived in New York.

Essay Topic 3

Marion's hometown was Hoya, Germany. Discuss Marion's life in Hoya.

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