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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Alfons Heck's brother relocated on June 11, 1943?
(a) The Carpathian Mountains.
(b) The Tatra Mountains.
(c) The Caucasus Mountains.
(d) The Ural Mountains.

2. For about how long did Helen and Siegfried stay with Mevouwtje and the others in her home?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 year.

3. When did D-Day take place?
(a) June 6, 1944.
(b) May 10, 1940.
(c) July 20, 1944.
(d) April 13, 1943.

4. What does the word "aschtung" mean in English?
(a) Attention.
(b) Right.
(c) Attack.
(d) Halt.

5. What was the name of Jo Vis's wife?
(a) Marie.
(b) Helga.
(c) Agaat.
(d) Roberta.

6. When did Hitler order the West Wall to be built?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1936.

7. How far is Bitburg from Wittlich?
(a) 40 miles.
(b) 65 miles.
(c) 100 miles.
(d) 25 miles.

8. Why was Alfons Heck sent to Spang?
(a) To contact Heinrich Himmler.
(b) To defend a nuclear missile.
(c) To defend an air base.
(d) To defend radar equipment.

9. How many apartments were there in the ghetto of Warsaw after the Nazis overtook Poland in 1939?
(a) 32,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 27,000.

10. How many German children became orphans as a result of World War II?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 60,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 100,000.

11. For what magazine did Margaret Bourke-White work when she went to cover the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps?
(a) Time.
(b) People.
(c) World.
(d) Life.

12. How many Jews did Jo Vis have under his care when he was arrested by the Nazis and sent to Dachau?
(a) 45.
(b) 22.
(c) 13.
(d) 60.

13. Who did Alfons Heck promote to be his second in command after he was promoted to the position of Gefolgschaftsfuher?
(a) Roman Follman.
(b) Anton Blum.
(c) Reinhard Heydrich.
(d) Ernst von Rath.

14. Who was to take Hitler's place as the leader of the Reich after Hitler's death?
(a) Heinrich Himmler.
(b) Reinhard Heydrich.
(c) Paul Wolff.
(d) Karl Donitz.

15. How many aircraft did the Germans lose as a result of the German air raid on New Year's Day, 1945?
(a) 364.
(b) 123.
(c) 119.
(d) 224.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many German soldiers came out when the Americans demanded their surrender in Wittlich?

2. Who was the large Hungarian woman that was the KAPO of Helen's barrack at Kratzau?

3. Where did Hans Leiwitz observe the murder of 30,000 Jewish women, children, and old men as the SS machine-gunned them into a ravine?

4. On what date in 1945 did German troops begin blowing up bridges across the Rhine for defense?

5. How much did Helen weigh when she was freed from the Kratzau camp?

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