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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. Where did Marion's family store the items they planned to take to the US?

2. What was the daily food ration at the second concentration camp?

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

4. What was the name of Marion's hometown in Germany?

5. What was the 2nd concentration camp that Marion's family was sent to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was destroyed in the Autumn of 1938?

6. What happened to Ernst vom Rath in November 1938?

7. How did Marion's parents meet?

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

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

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 how Marion's childhood experiences affected her throughout her life.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Adolph Hitler was the Nazi leader of Germany. Discuss how he was viewed by the rest of the world.

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