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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. Who was Alfons's aunt that burned his Hitler Youth uniform as the Americans pressed into Wittlich?
(a) Tilly.
(b) Helen.
(c) Helga.
(d) Anna.

2. Kratzau was the name that the Germans had given to what Czechoslovakina village?
(a) Ivancee.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Chrastava.
(d) Habartov.

3. What was Albert Speer's position when Alfons met him?
(a) Minister of Armaments and Ammunitions.
(b) Minister of Finance.
(c) Minister of International Relations.
(d) Minister of Death Camps.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the nice looking officer who inspected Helen when she arrived at the concentration camp in Chapter 14?

2. Along with how many other women did Helen work at a factory in Kratzau?

3. How many people were at the camp at Plzen when Helen and Becky arrived?

4. When did Hitler order the West Wall to be built?

5. Who sacrificed himself on the field at Camp Wengerohr to save Rabbit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Colonel Count von Stauffenberg and why were his actions important?

2. When was Alfons appointed Gefolgschaftsfuhrer? What did this mean?

3. How was Alfons treated by the French when they arrived to occupy Germany?

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

5. With whom did Helen and Siegfried hide out in Haarlem? What was this arrangement like?

6. What is the equivalent of a Bahnfuhrer in the U.S. military? What did being appointed this position mean for Alfons?

7. What was the Volkssturm? What were its strengths and weaknesses?

8. What did Helen do when she was liberated from Kratzau?

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

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

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