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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Whom did Alfons greet when he arrived in Wittlich?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His grandmother and Aunt Maria.
(c) His grandmother and Uncle Gustav.
(d) His brother, Rudi.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 10, to where did Alfons return?
(a) The Luftwaffe.
(b) The Eastern Front.
(c) Wittlich.
(d) The Westwall.

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

5. Who was the Minister of Armaments and Ammunitions?
(a) Lammers.
(b) Albert Speer.
(c) Alfons Heck.
(d) Gert.

6. Upon reflection, how did Alfons believe he would have responded, had his eyes been opened to the Holocaust sooner?
(a) It would not have affected his loyalty to Hitler.
(b) He would have left the Hitler Youth.
(c) He would have been sick every night, and unable to fight.
(d) He would never have been loyal to Hitler.

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

8. When the Americans attacked, the first attack was simply an Allied probe, and a half an hour later, what happened?
(a) Alfons' men retreated.
(b) Two dozen fighter bombers flew over the trenches.
(c) The Americans retreated.
(d) Two fighter bombers flew over the trenches.

9. Along the Eastern Front, how many Hitler Youth died?
(a) Thousands.
(b) 100.
(c) 10.
(d) Tens of thousands.

10. When Alfons was invited to a top-secret location by the SS Leadership, which of the following did he not see there?
(a) A locomotive full of anti-aircraft guns.
(b) Other Hitler Youth leaders.
(c) New gliders.
(d) A platoon of SS soldiers with submachine guns.

11. When Alfons was taken to a high position on the Westwall, what was he told?
(a) They had lost the war.
(b) They could not stop the Allies at Westwall.
(c) They were in danger of losing the war, but victory was still possible.
(d) Hitler had died.

12. Although the Americans seemed to trust Alfons, what did they order him to do?
(a) Leave town.
(b) Turn himself in to the next unit who came through town.
(c) Go to a P.O.W. camp.
(d) Try to escape so that, if caught, they had a legitimate reason to kill him.

13. When a soldier stopped Alfons to ask him a question, how did Alfons respond to him?
(a) In English.
(b) He surrendered to the soldier.
(c) In German.
(d) He refused to speak to him.

14. When Hitler launched Germany's last major offensive in World War II, what was his objective?
(a) To split the alliance between America and Britain.
(b) To stabilize the Eastern front.
(c) To split America and Britain from the ultra-Marxist USSR.
(d) To stabilize the alliance between American, Britain and the USSR.

15. What significant event in the life of Alfons's family occurred on Christmas?
(a) They had to be dug out of a pile of rubble following a massive Allied bomber raid.
(b) His grandmother died.
(c) They all died, following an Allied bomber raid in Wittlich.
(d) Alfons chose loyalty to the Natzis over loyalty to his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the men in short supply of?

2. Why did the American soldiers become suspicious?

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

4. If a man deserted the unit, what action was Alfons authorized to take?

5. Along the Eastern Front, what did many men do to avoid being caught alive?

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