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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Gymnasium?
(a) A Natzi training academy to which only 5% gained admittance.
(b) A special association for those who achieved top honors in school.
(c) A highly respected position within the Hitler Youth.
(d) The highest track of German education to which only 6% gained admittance.

2. In the winter of 1943, which of the following statements about Uncle Gustav was true?
(a) He became very ill, and could not leave his bed.
(b) He was missing in action.
(c) He became very angry about the war.
(d) He was called into action, but returned home immediately.

3. Alfons usually served mass while wearing what?
(a) His full uniform beneath his altar boy robes, but without his dagger.
(b) His altar boy robes.
(c) His full uniform, belt and dagger.
(d) His full uniform, including belt and dagger, beneath his altar boy robes.

4. Who was flying when an American enemy aircraft came in on a bomber raid?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Winkler.
(c) Alfons.
(d) Gert.

5. With whom did Alfons develop a friendly competition to move up in the ranks?
(a) Gert.
(b) Fritz.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Manfred.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alfons's grandmother applied to get their farmhand out of prison camp, and he was released under what restriction?

2. After France fell, what did the farmers get to do?

3. Which of the following statements about the commander, Winkler, is false?

4. What occurred on Kristallnacht?

5. Who was made Manfred's successor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Alfons handle his responsibilities as a unit leader?

2. When the Allies landed at Normandy, how did the German people react?

3. Describe Alfons's early days with the Flying Hitler Youth.

4. In Chapter 4, what experiences did Alfons and Gert share together in the Flying Hitler Youth?

5. In Chapter 1, what positive effects of Hitler's leadership did Alfons recall?

6. Once Alfons was made Manfred's successor, what orders followed?

7. What did the Gerrman masses understand about the "Final Solution"?

8. What influence did Alfons' teacher, Herr Becker, have on him at a young age?

9. What memories might a Hitler Youth have recalled following their experience at the Nuremburg Party Congress?

10. How did Alfons describe Germany's attitude toward the United States when they first entered into war with them?

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