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

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

3. The drive west failed due to what?
(a) Alfons' poor leadership.
(b) Fuel shortages and pulverized supply lines.
(c) Lack of direction.
(d) The fall of Warsaw.

4. What disappointing news did Alfons receive from Dr. Robert Ley?
(a) His Uncle Gustav was reported dead.
(b) He would not be able to join the Luftwaffe.
(c) He was being fired, and sent home.
(d) He was being demoted.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Alfons spend Christmas in 1944?

2. Which of the following was true of Alfons's men?

3. Which of the following people did not survive the War?

4. What did Leiwitz reveal to Alfons, which he could not believe?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the significance of Alfons's conversations with Leiwitz?

2. Alfons's men were not enthusiastic about their new orders, but what were the repercussions if they deserted their unit?

3. How did Alfons describe the sentence he received, and the work orders from the French?

4. What did Hitler mean when he told the Hitler Youth leaders that the Hitler Youth was his "purest creation"?

5. When Alfons arrived home, what measures were taken to ensure the Americans wouldn't know he was an officer?

6. When did Alfons meet Hitler and observe that he looked older and frail?

7. Who was Monika Mohn, and what did she say to Alfons?

8. At the beginning of Chapter 7, what promotion did Alfons receive, and why?

9. What was the purpose of Dr. Robert Ley's visit?

10. Describe the difference between how Alfons felt about Germany during the Hitler years,and how he felt about those same experiences many years later?

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