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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 nickname did Marion's mother give her?

2. How long was Marion's father held prisoner for the first time he was sent to a concentration camp?

3. Who declared war on Germany?

4. In what year did the Nazi party become the largest party in Germany?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. When and why was war declared on Germany?

7. How did Marion's family keep their business open after Hitler ordered the boycott of Jewish businesses?

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

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

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

Discuss the death of Marion's father and the effect that it had on his family.

Essay Topic 2

In the later 1930s the Blumenthal made their first attempt to get permission to leave Germany for America. Discuss the family's attempt and why it didn't work.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the writing style that Marion Blumenthal Lazan and Lila Perl used in "Four Perfect Pebbles".

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