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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 long were the Jewish in Trobitz required to stay there for quarantine after the war ended?

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

3. What did the gas chamber at Auschwitz look like?

4. What German city did Hitler take refuge in?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Marion feel about returning to Holland?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What food absolutely fascinated Marion in Holland?

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

9. What kindness was shown to Marion by an SS guard at Bergen-Belsen?

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

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

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 3

Discuss how Marion's relationships with her family helped her to survive the concentration camps.

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