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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 happened to Albala's son?

2. What job did Marion's mother have at the camp in Germany?

3. What did Marion's father trade for extra bread rations at the camp in Germany?

4. What happened to some of the liberated prisoners because of overeating?

5. What did Marion save up to buy with her allowance in Amsterdam?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the German guards order the prisoners to do each day while on the train?

2. What was Marion's first impression of Bergen-Belsen?

3. What did Marion's father die from?

4. What were children in Eastern Europe sometimes given to nourish their bodies?

5. What was the only thing that gave Ruth strength to face the future after Walter's death?

6. What were telescope graves?

7. What devastating blow did the Blumenthal family suffer in May, 1944?

8. What did Marion's mother find in the farmhouse they foraged?

9. What were the traveling conditions going to Bergen-Belsen like?

10. How was Marion's burn treated after the liberation?

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

Typhus greatly affected the lives of the Jewish prisoners in Germany. Discuss the impact that typhus had on their lives and the concentration camps.

Essay Topic 3

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

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