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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who was to take Hitler's place as the leader of the Reich after Hitler's death?

3. How many apartments were there in the ghetto of Warsaw after the Nazis overtook Poland in 1939?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Rabbit and how did Alfons come to know him?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What was the aftermath of the revolt in the Warsaw ghetto?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the themes of brainwashing and propaganda explored in Parallel Journeys? Who was susceptible to brainwashing and propaganda? How did the Nazis use fear to control the people?

Essay Topic 2

What led to France and England entering into World War II? When did these countries' militaries become actively engaged in fighting? What were their objectives in entering the war?

Essay Topic 3

What happened to Doris during the war? With whom did she stay? How did she avoid detection? What happened to the girl after the war?

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