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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. Where did Alfons Heck and his Hitler Youth boys take up residence in Remisch?
(a) A Catholic church.
(b) A nun's school.
(c) A synagogue.
(d) A youth center.

2. What was Hitler's final, all-out attack on U.S. troops in the Ardennes Forest called?
(a) The Battle of the Alamo.
(b) The Battle of Geronimo.
(c) The Battle of the West Wall.
(d) The Battle of the Bulge.

3. How many Jews were still alive at Theresienstadt when it was liberated?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 17,000.
(c) 7,000.
(d) 13,000.

4. Where was Juro's and daughter sent after apprehension when returning to Amsterdam?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Katzkau.
(c) Birkenau.
(d) Sobibar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Helen's neighbor that reacted with outrage when she learned that Helen and Siegfried gave up Doris?

2. For how long was Alfons forced to work hard labor for the French military after the war?

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

4. Who was Alfons's commandant as he prepared to test for the "C" rating?

5. When did the Jews of the Warsaw ghetoo revolt against the Nazis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led to the evacuation of German children to remote areas of Germany in 1943?

2. When did the Allies break through the German West Wall? What did this signify?

3. How did Helen manage to return to Amsterdam after the war?

4. How was Alfons treated by the Americans when they arrived in Wittlich?

5. When and why did the Germans begin bombing the bridges over the Rhine?

6. What were Alfons's perceptions of the Holocaust immediately after the end of the war?

7. When did the Battle of the Bulge take place? Why was this battle important to the war?

8. Why was Alfons dispatched to Spang?

9. Who was Josef Mengele and what was his role in the Holocaust?

10. What happened to women with children upon arriving at Auschwitz? Why?

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