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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Alfons claim the Germans continued to fight in late 1944?
(a) They were too prideful to cease fighting.
(b) The Germans were a very optimistic people.
(c) Their enemies wanted to destroy not only National Socialism, but the German people as well.
(d) Their enemies showed signs of weariness.

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

3. What did Alfons learn from fighting the Americans?
(a) The Americans response to German action was easily matched.
(b) Most of the Americans were not as brave as the Germans.
(c) The Americans were not very humane.
(d) Many of the Americans were just as brave as the Germans.

4. Which of the following was true of Alfons's men?
(a) They lied to him.
(b) They obeyed him.
(c) They defied him.
(d) They deserted him.

5. Who was the head of the German Labor Front?
(a) Albert Speer.
(b) Dr. Robert Ley.
(c) Alfons.
(d) Leiwitz.

6. As Germany's fate became clear, how did Alfons feel about their defeat?
(a) He was in denial about it.
(b) He accepted it.
(c) He was still willing to die obediently.
(d) He was deeply depressed and suicidal.

7. Which of the following statements about Monika Mohn is false?
(a) She was the final member of Bann 244.
(b) When Alfons met her, she was burning documents.
(c) She was Wendt's secretary.
(d) Alfons hid her in her father's shooting hut.

8. Who eventually occupied Germany and arrested Alfons?
(a) The French.
(b) The Italians.
(c) The Japanese.
(d) The Soviets.

9. What did Alfons do when over a dozen Sherman tanks arrived in Wittlich?
(a) He successfully escaped.
(b) He angrily stormed toward the tanks, demanding they leave Wittlich.
(c) He changed into a pair of coveralls, and buried his Luftwaffe uniform.
(d) Wearing his Luftwaffe uniform, he left the house prepared to die for Germany.

10. Who said that one day the Americans would realize they cooperated with the devil and chose the wrong side?
(a) Alfons.
(b) Alfons' grandmother.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Franz.

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

12. In September of 1944, what order followed the "people's storm"?
(a) German boys age 12 and older had to fight.
(b) Every German male age 15-60 would fight.
(c) Every German male would fight, regardless of age.
(d) No more German men would be called to action.

13. What were the men in short supply of?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Food.

14. What town did the men now have to defend?
(a) Wittlich.
(b) Trier.
(c) Ruhr.
(d) Oberhausen.

15. Along the Eastern Front, what did many men do to avoid being caught alive?
(a) They faked their deaths.
(b) They surrendered.
(c) They committed suicide.
(d) They retreated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements about the People's Army is false?

2. What news did Alfons hear on the radio?

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

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

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

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