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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. At the end of Chapter 23, how many American POWs did Patton believe remained in Russian hands?
(a) More than 20,000.
(b) 18,500.
(c) 17,000.
(d) About 15,000.

2. When did the Germans begin to develop an atomic bomb?
(a) February 1939.
(b) April 1939.
(c) January 1939.
(d) March 1939.

3. In Chapter 21, how many soldiers and civillians did General Wenck lead across the Elbe where he surrendered to the Americans?
(a) 250,000.
(b) Half a million.
(c) Hundreds of thousands.
(d) 350,000.

4. Where were Helena and Rozinka from?
(a) Poland.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Germany.
(d) Slovakia.

5. After Patton crossed the Rhine in Chapter 16, how many Luftwaffe planes did his army shoot down?
(a) 29.
(b) 18.
(c) 33.
(d) 41.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Roosevelt in Chapter 18?

2. In Chapter 18, where was Donovan when he learned that Roosevelt had died?

3. In Chapter 22, who commanded the Pacific Theater?

4. In Chapter 20, where was Patton's son-in-law Col. John Waters captured two years ago?

5. In Chapter 22, what did Russians want Patton to return to them?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 20, what happened when Patton's single-engine L-5 Sentinel was flying to Patton's headquarters?

2. In Chapter 13, how and why was Harry S. Truman chosen to be Roosevelt's vice president?

3. How did Helena Citronova survive Auschwitz?

4. How did Donovan take the news that Roosevelt died?

5. What speech of Churchill's was given after the crossing of the Rhine?

6. Why did many Auschwitz survivors find no shelter in their hometowns when they returned?

7. How did Stalin learn about Roosevelt's death, and how did he react?

8. What did Patton do when a Russian officer demanded in Chapter 22 that boats be returned to the Russians?

9. How did Braun and Hitler die?

10. In Chapter 13, in Roosevelt's inaugural speech, what lesson did he say had been learned and at what cost?

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