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

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

3. To where was Alfons sent, instead of to a P.O.W. camp?
(a) To a field hospital to serve as an interpreter.
(b) Home.
(c) Hamburg, to serve as an interpreter.
(d) To the Eastern front.

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

5. Near the end of Chapter 9, Luftwaffe pilots became so enraged that they did what?
(a) They rammed Allied bombers.
(b) They deserted the Luftwaffe.
(c) They engaged in a horrific firestorm in Dresden.
(d) Many of them killed themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the head of the German Labor Front arrived to do an inspection, how did he respond to Alfons?

2. When one of Alfons's men deserted, how did Alfons respond?

3. Why was Alfons's grandmother in distress?

4. Alfons received orders to do what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Germany's attitude toward the war by late 1944, when many people felt they should not continue to fight.

5. When the Soviet offensive broke loose along the Eastern front and Warsaw fell, what were the effects felt by the German soldiers?

6. What did Franz believe about the Bolsheviks, the Americans, and the British?

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

8. Initially following the war, describe Alfons's feelings about the outcome of the war, his allegiance to Hitler, and the millions of people who were killed.

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

10. How was Alfons finally discovered as a German officer?

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