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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What experience caused Alfons to grow sick?
(a) He was told how civilian saboteurs would be executed.
(b) Two men and a woman were killed right in front of him.
(c) The Hitler Youth received their first rifles.
(d) He was deeply discouraged about the state of the war.

2. In the 1930s, approximately how many German Jews were there?
(a) One million.
(b) Six million.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 100,000.

3. Where was Alfons Heck born?
(a) France.
(b) America.
(c) Oberhausen, Germany.
(d) Wittlich, Germany.

4. When some of the boys tried to desert the unit, how did Alfons respond?
(a) He dealt harshly with them, despite their young age.
(b) He let them go, because they were obviously not equipped to fight.
(c) He was patient, because he, too, was anxious about the war.
(d) He showed them no mercy, and killed them on the spot.

5. Other than Hitler, who was admired and adored by the Flying Hitler Youth?
(a) Alfons.
(b) Major General Adolf Galland.
(c) Sergeant Baum.
(d) Commander Winkler.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Alfons was taken to a high position on the Westwall, what was he told?

2. Which of the following was true about the children of Germany in the 1930s?

3. Alfons usually served mass while wearing what?

4. Upon reflection, how did Alfons believe he would have responded, had his eyes been opened to the Holocaust sooner?

5. In Germany in the 1930s, which of the following statements was false?

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