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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 feel was the worst thing at the second concentration camp?

2. When was war declared on Germany?

3. How far was the outhouse from the barracks where Marion lived in the second concentration camp?

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

5. To what concentration camp were the men from Hanover, Germany taken to on November 10th, 1938?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Hitler do in 1923 that caused an uproar?

8. What did the government levy against the Jews on November 12th, 1938?

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

10. What were living conditions like at Westerbork?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the tone Lazan and Perl used in "Four Perfect Pebbles". Did the tone create a certain impression of Marion Blumenthal or affect the way that Blumenthal was portrayed throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

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

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