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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. How many boys was Alfons Heck in charge of when he was promoted to the rank of Unterbannfuhrer?

2. How many of the 140,000 Jews living in Holland went into hiding after the Germans invaded?

3. What was the name of Alfons's dog that he took on a walk on Christmas Eve in 1944?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who was Albert Speer and what was his position in the Nazi regime?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was Herman Goring and what was his position in the Nazi regime? What actions did Goring take during the Third Reich? What happened to Goring after the war?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the backstory of Helen Waterford. Where was she born and raised? When and why did she move to Amsterdam? What was her life like there prior to Holland's defeat by the Nazis?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the Angel of Death. Who was this individual? Why did he have this nickname? What were his roles in the Holocaust?

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