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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. How many people could be killed every 24 hours at Auschwitz between 1943 and 1944?

2. What were the graves that the dead prisoners in Trobitz were buried in called?

3. Who was Albala?

4. What German city did Hitler take refuge in?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Ruth say was the only way the family was able to survive the early months at Bergen-Belsen?

3. What food absolutely fascinated Marion in Holland?

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

5. What was the main reason that so many prisoners were evacuated from Bergen-Belsen?

6. What led the Blumenthals to leave Westerbork?

7. Why were the liberated prisoners quarantined in Trobitz?

8. What did the prisoners think the train was taking them to?

9. How did Marion feel when she received her first piece of new clothing?

10. How did Marion feel about returning to Holland?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Marion experienced difficulty learning English when she got to America. Discuss Marion's struggles with learning English.

Essay Topic 3

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

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