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

2. Who did Hitler marry before his death?
(a) Anna Blum.
(b) Edna Himmler.
(c) Eva Braun.
(d) Helen von Rath.

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

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

5. On what date did Hitler's final, all-out attack on U.S. troops take place in the Ardennes Forest of Luxembourg?
(a) October 22, 1942.
(b) July 20, 1944.
(c) April 13, 1943.
(d) December 15, 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first German concentration camp to be liberated?

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

3. How old was Alfons Heck when he earned his "C" status?

4. How many Jews did Jo Vis have under his care when he was arrested by the Nazis and sent to Dachau?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Helen's reunion with Doris described?

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

6. What occurred on April 30, 1945? What did this mean for the war?

7. Why was Alfons dispatched to Spang?

8. What was Operation Overlord and when was it launched?

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

10. How were the Jews treated upon arriving at Auschwitz?

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