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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue, The Aftermath.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Unlike Hitler, the German people were not eager to go to war for what reason?
(a) They wanted to be a peaceful nation.
(b) They remembered the terrible slaughter of World War I.
(c) They didn't think the country was properly trained or equipped for war.
(d) They were afraid they would lose Hitler as their leader.

2. What did Alfons believe was his first and most important duty?
(a) Total submission to the Jewish leaders in Wittlich.
(b) To respect his grandmother and help her on the farm.
(c) To submit to the authority of his teacher, Herr Becker.
(d) Total submission to Hitler's rule and Germany's welfare.

3. Which of the following was not part of the sentence Alfons received from the French?
(a) Town restriction for 2 years.
(b) 2 years of hard labor.
(c) One month of hard labor.
(d) Expulsion from college.

4. By 1938, which of the following statements about the Gestapo was false?
(a) People obeyed and complied with the Gestapo.
(b) It was all-powerful.
(c) No one respected the Gestapo, and therefore it was not effective.
(d) It could not be controlled by the regular judicial system.

5. How did Alfons spend Christmas in 1944?
(a) With his men.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) Alone.
(d) With his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following people were allowed to join the Jungvolk, the Hitler Youth's junior branch?

2. When the Allies landed at Normandy, who said they would finally have a chance to get at the elusive American enemy?

3. Why did the American soldiers become suspicious?

4. When it was announced that Alfons and a group of Nazis would be executed, how did Alfons respond?

5. Alfons was assigned to a new camp where his flying time was limited due to what?

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