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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 Jews actually made the transfer to Palestine?

2. What did the SS Guards call to the prisoners on the train each night?

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

4. What was the German word for watch?

5. Where were Marion and her brother sent a month after his 13th birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What food absolutely fascinated Marion in Holland?

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

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

4. What did Marion's father die from?

5. Why were the Blumenthals evacuated from Bergen-Belsen?

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

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

8. What led the Blumenthals to leave Westerbork?

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

10. How did Marion feel about returning to Holland?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the Blumenthal family's life at Westerbork to their life at Bergen-Belsen.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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