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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alfons's men were trained in what?
(a) Flying a new model glider.
(b) The use of anti-aircraft weaponry.
(c) Submission to strict discipline.
(d) Digging trenches.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 10, what significant event happened in Alfons's life?
(a) He was demoted due to poor leadership.
(b) He was reunited with an old friend.
(c) His grandmother died.
(d) He was promoted to Bannfuhrer.

3. What occurred on Kristallnacht?
(a) The concentration camps began.
(b) Hitler declared that Jews must close their businesses.
(c) The police intervened when young Natzis destroyed Jewish businesses.
(d) The SA and SS smashed the windows of Jewish businesses and stormed Jewish synagogues.

4. The Hitler Youth did not cause many parental complaints, particularly when?
(a) When they served mass.
(b) When Hitler made them march for hours at a time.
(c) When Hitler assigned them to land service.
(d) When Hitler encouraged them to respect their elders.

5. Alfons received orders to do what?
(a) Join the Luftwaffe.
(b) Step down from his position of leadership.
(c) Retreat with his men.
(d) Shoot any men in his unit who did not obey his commands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hitler refused his commanders' pleas to fall back, and when they finally prevailed, what had happened?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 5, who was promoted to second in command of the Flying Hitler Youth?

3. In 1942, what decision was made at a top-secret conference in Wannsee, a suburb of Berlin?

4. Why does Alfons claim the Germans continued to fight in late 1944?

5. Due to enormous casualties in the War, what happened to many of the young pilots?

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