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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city was Helen Waterford born?
(a) Offenbach.
(b) Hamburg.
(c) Munich.
(d) Berlin.

2. What was Erwin Rommel popularly known as?
(a) The Wild Tiger.
(b) The Desert Fox.
(c) The Red Wolf.
(d) The Red Baron.

3. When did the Nazis pass a law requiring all Aryan children to join the Hitler Youth?
(a) June, 1938.
(b) March, 1937.
(c) September, 1940.
(d) March, 1939.

4. On what date were Siegfried and Helen ordered to appear at the train station in Amsterdam for "Resettlement to the East"?
(a) June 14, 1940.
(b) July 15, 1942.
(c) October 6, 1939.
(d) October 22, 1942.

5. What was the name of the Nazi German air force?
(a) Jungvolk.
(b) Royal Air Force.
(c) Luftwaffe.
(d) Armee de lAir.

6. What agreement ended World War I?
(a) The Treaty of Versailles.
(b) The Treaty of Tordesillas.
(c) The Congress of Vienna.
(d) The Peace of Westphalia.

7. What did Helen do in order to buy her and her husband some time before they had to face resettlement to the east?
(a) She had a banker initiate court proceedings regarding a civil matter.
(b) She had a doctor perform an appendectomy on Siegfried.
(c) She had a docter produce false pregnancy results.
(d) She had her father issue a visa to the United States.

8. How did Siegfried's mother die?
(a) She overdosed on sleeping pills.
(b) She was murdered by a Nazi guard.
(c) She drowned herself in a pond.
(d) She was in a car accident.

9. How old was Alfons Heck when he began pilot training?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

10. When did Hitler give a speech to his top staff establishing his plans to invade Russia?
(a) December 18, 1940.
(b) October 6, 1939.
(c) December 7, 1941.
(d) June 22, 1941.

11. What does "Mein Kampf" translate to in English?
(a) My War.
(b) My Struggle.
(c) My Strength.
(d) My Power.

12. How many American servicemen were killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor?
(a) 2,945.
(b) 2,334.
(c) 3,756.
(d) 1,353.

13. How many synagogues were there in Frankfurt that were destoryed during Kristallnacht?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

14. On what day was Hitler born?
(a) April 1.
(b) April 20.
(c) July 15.
(d) May 23.

15. Who was the number two man in the SS that helped carry out the savagery of the Kristallnacht?
(a) Reinhard Heydrich.
(b) Paul Wolff.
(c) Anton Blum.
(d) Heinrich Himmler.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years before Hitler came to power did the Heck family move to Germany?

2. Over how many books with messages said to be threatening to the Third Reich were burned in May of 1933 at the book-burning in Berlin?

3. When was the memorial Yad Vashem established?

4. What crop did Alfons Heck's family produce in the farm near Wittlich?

5. How far is Wittlich from the French border?

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