Four Perfect Pebbles, A Holocaust Story
by Lila and Lazan Perl and Marion Blumenthal

Reading Level: 5.4
Number Words: 29,000
Question: 10
Point Value: 4

Question 1
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Marion Blumenthal thought that if she found four perfect pebbles, all the same

Her family would stay whole and might even survive
She could make jewelry and sell it
she could put them in her fish bowl
They would be good to use in a sling shot
Question 2
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The Blumenthal family lived in a small town in Germany but later

were taken prisoner and moved from one concentration camp to another
Bought a farm in Austria
sold their belongings and moved to France
Took a ship to Britian
Question 3
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Hitler took many prisoners from several countries but he wanted to eradicate

Jews
Christians
English
Americans
Question 4
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Marion's mama worked in the kitchen, which was a good job because
they got a chance to get extra food
they were allowed to go grocery shopping
they got to take lots of hot baths
they got to choose what they wanted to cook

Question 5
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The deadly gas used at Death Camps was an insecticide called

Zyklon (or Cyclon)
Diazanon
Dursban
lysol

Question 6
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The barracks they were forced to live in were

all these answers
crawling with lice
crowded
unclean

Question 7
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To get to America it was as necessary to get

an affidavit from a sponsor in America
your own pilot's license
New luggage
a New Wardrobe

Question 8
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If a German guard ever gave anything to a prisoner, they were

risking their own lives by doing it
given a reward for kindness
required to collect money from the prisoners
given a promotion in rank

Question 9
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Marion's father died, before they were freed, from

typhus fever
measles
chicken pox
pneumonia

Question 10
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After being freed from the Death Train, the three remaining family members went to

America
Britian
France
Sweden