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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did the American soldiers become suspicious?
(a) They found Natzi uniforms buried around Wittlich.
(b) They had been in Wittlich for a month and hadn't met a single Nazi.
(c) There were not very many people left in Wittlich.
(d) The people of Wittlich were obedient to their orders.

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

4. Who was Lammers?
(a) The commander of all units in the region who died following the Royal Air Force attacks.
(b) Afons' classmate in the Gymnasium who was injured when the Royal Air Force attacked.
(c) Alfons' good friend in the Hitler Youth, killed when the Royal Air Force attacked.
(d) An assistant to Alfons, injured when the Royal Air Force attacked.

5. What did Leiwitz encourage Alfons not to do?
(a) Not to become intimidated by current conditions.
(b) Not to tell anyone what he had shared with him in private.
(c) Not to retreat with his men.
(d) Not to die for Nazi Germany if he could avoid it.

6. With whom did Alfons reunite at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) His Uncle Gustav.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) Monika Mohn.
(d) His parents.

7. What did Leiwitz reveal to Alfons, which he could not believe?
(a) Hitler had died.
(b) Every day they were killing tens of thousands of Jews in Poland and Russia.
(c) Germany was losing the war.
(d) Alfons was no longer needed, and should go home.

8. Which of the following people did not survive the War?
(a) Uncle Gustav.
(b) Uncle Franz.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Gert.

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

10. When the head of the German Labor Front arrived to do an inspection, how did he respond to Alfons?
(a) He gave him an Iron Cross II.
(b) He completely ignored him.
(c) He delivered harsh criticism.
(d) He complimented him on his leadership.

11. When one of Alfons's men deserted, how did Alfons respond?
(a) He had pity on him.
(b) He shot him.
(c) He pretended not to notice, because he didn't want to shoot him.
(d) Although he was authorized to shoot him, he didn't have the will to do so.

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

13. To whom did Alfons reveal that he was a German officer?
(a) Lieutenant Johns.
(b) Lieutenant Smith.
(c) Lieutenant Johnson.
(d) Lieutenant English.

14. When it was announced that Alfons and a group of Nazis would be executed, how did Alfons respond?
(a) He became indifferent because he was tired of fighting.
(b) He was enraged and now felt like one of Hitler's victims.
(c) He was angry and tried to escape.
(d) He accepted his death sentence because he felt he deserved it.

15. 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 deeply depressed and suicidal.
(d) He was still willing to die obediently.

Short Answer Questions

1. What task was given to Alfons by the Americans?

2. Which of the following was not part of the sentence Alfons received from the French?

3. When Alfons and his fellow Hitler Youth leaders met Hitler, what did he tell them?

4. When a soldier stopped Alfons to ask him a question, how did Alfons respond to him?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 10, what significant event happened in Alfons's life?

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