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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 river did the train the Blumenthals traveled on cross before reaching Berlin?

2. What German city did Hitler take refuge in?

3. What hospital was Marion's leg burn treated at?

4. How many Jews were supposed to be transferred to Palestine from Germany in 1944?

5. What nationality were the soldiers that liberated the Blumenthals?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Marion's father die from?

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

5. What happened to the prisoners when they arrived at the train?

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

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

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

9. What happened to Marion's leg while she and her mother were cooking soup in the camp in Germany?

10. What nightmares did Marion have regarding her leg wound?

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 Blumenthal family's life at Westerbork to their life at Bergen-Belsen.

Essay Topic 3

Adolph Hitler viewed the Jewish people as the cause for Germany's economic problems. Discuss Hitler's views.

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