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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the train that the Blumenthals were put on after leaving the camp in Germany finally start moving?
(a) April 10th, 1945.
(b) April 13th, 1945.
(c) April 12th, 1945.
(d) April 11th, 1945.

2. What was the weather like when the Blumenthals arrived at the camp in Germany?
(a) Cold and rainy.
(b) Cold and windy.
(c) Hot and windy.
(d) Hot and rainy.

3. When did the Blumenthals receive permission to leave the camp in Holland?
(a) February 2, 1944.
(b) January 30, 1944.
(c) February 1, 1944.
(d) January 31, 1944.

4. What color was the powder that the doctors sprinkled on Marion's burn on her leg?
(a) Bluish-yellow.
(b) Bluish-green.
(c) Greenish-yellow.
(d) Greenish-black.

5. How many Jews were sent to Auschwitz between 1942 and 1944?
(a) 70,000.
(b) 65,000.
(c) 60,000.
(d) 75,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drink was sometimes given to children in Europe during the mid 1900s to nourish their bodies?

2. How many of the prisoners from the train were eventually buried in Trobitz by the time the quarantine was over?

3. How many Jews actually made the transfer to Palestine?

4. How much did Marion weigh when she was liberated?

5. How much did Marion's mother weigh when she was liberated?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were telescope graves?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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