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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action was taken regarding products not essential to the war?
(a) They were produced in smaller quantities.
(b) They were no longer produced.
(c) No action was taken, so as not to discourage the German people.
(d) They were produced in larger quantities, to convince the German people that everything was okay.

2. In the winter of 1943, what was the condition of Germany?
(a) The country had never been more prosperous.
(b) The people felt encouraged.
(c) The country was growing poorer.
(d) Fewer men were being called up to fight.

3. When the Jews were forced to leave Wittlich, to where did they think they were being sent?
(a) To detention centers.
(b) To concentration camps.
(c) They thought they would all be killed before they reached their destination to make Germany "clean of Jews."
(d) To Poland, to make Germany "clean of Jews."

4. For Alfons, the Hitler Youth rallies of the summer were a nice break from what activity?
(a) Studying.
(b) Working in a local store.
(c) Working on his grandmother's farm.
(d) Training for the army.

5. Near the end of Chapter 9, Luftwaffe pilots became so enraged that they did what?
(a) They engaged in a horrific firestorm in Dresden.
(b) They rammed Allied bombers.
(c) Many of them killed themselves.
(d) They deserted the Luftwaffe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite their September 3rd declaration, the Germans believed what about the French and the British?

2. Alfons's friend Franz felt that Germany had more in common with the Americans and the British than with whom?

3. When the borders were reassigned, what were the men told to do?

4. Who was made Manfred's successor?

5. Nearly a year after the British declared war on Germany, what occurred on May 10, 1940?

(see the answer key)

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