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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What memory did Sajer keep of his fever fueled retreat?
(a) Being ordered to fire.
(b) Being ordered to run.
(c) He did not remember anything.
(d) Being ordered to stay low.

2. How long did the crossing of the Dnieper take according to Sajer?
(a) Several days.
(b) 7 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 12 hours.

3. What does Sajer say happened to the Eastern front in Part 3 Chapter 7?
(a) It held.
(b) It collapsed.
(c) It moved eastward.
(d) It stabilized.

4. What does Sajer say often fought in the lines around Memel?
(a) Women.
(b) Drunk soldiers.
(c) Russian soldiers.
(d) Officers.

5. Where did the boat Sajer and his troops were on arrive in Part 5 Chapter 19?
(a) Hela.
(b) Rotterdam.
(c) Copenhagen.
(d) Caen.

6. What does Sajer say was putting pressure on the German Army while it crossed the Dnieper?
(a) Russian bombers.
(b) The advance of the Russian army.
(c) British paratroopers.
(d) Americans fighters.

7. Why were Sajer and the other soldiers on leave told to go back to the front?
(a) Because the unit had moved.
(b) Because their pass were not valid.
(c) Because of Germany's imperiled state.
(d) Because the train tracks were destroyed.

8. Who did the British interrogator hand Sajer over to?
(a) A French interrogator.
(b) The Russians.
(c) The U.S. Army.
(d) A prisoner camp.

9. How many of the men sent with Sajer into the dark factory died?
(a) 7 men.
(b) 6 men.
(c) 8 men.
(d) 16 men.

10. How many German soldiers were captured when the Russians collapsed the pocket of German resistance in Part 4 Chapter 10?
(a) 5,500.
(b) 4,500.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 3,500.

11. What does Sajer say the disaster the Gross Deutschland faced in Konotop foresaw?
(a) The end of the Reich.
(b) The dismissal of the Division commander.
(c) The loss of Poland.
(d) The end of the Division as a fighting force.

12. What happened shortly after Sajer's arrival at Memel?
(a) The city was cut off from the German army.
(b) Germany surrendered.
(c) The German navy extracted them.
(d) Russians pulled back.

13. What did the German troops do with their wounded in Part 3 Chapter 8?
(a) Transported them on their backs.
(b) Left them behind.
(c) Hid them in churches.
(d) Killed them.

14. What were the German troops with Sajer ordered to do in Part 3 Chapter 8?
(a) To kill all the villagers.
(b) To prepare defensive positions.
(c) To break out of their encirclement.
(d) To counter attack.

15. What does Sajer say of the Captain that commanded his unit in Part 3 Chapter 7?
(a) He was a veteran.
(b) He was fresh out of officer's school.
(c) He was highly indoctrinated with Nazi policy.
(d) He was cruel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of unit was Sajer assigned to in Part 4 Chapter 13?

2. What took precedence in the evacuation by sea of Memel?

3. What does Sajer say the Dnieper River did not have?

4. How does Sajer say the military police saw the soldiers coming from the other side of the Dnieper?

5. How was the Gross Deutschland Division used according to Part 3 Chapter 7?

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