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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 Sajer and his group hide for a few days after leaving Memel?

2. What continued to stun Sajer at the end of Part 3 Chapter 7?

3. How long did Sajer stay hospitalized after arriving in Vinnitsa?

4. What were the German troops with Sajer ordered to do in Part 3 Chapter 8?

5. How did the German army start crossing the Dnieper?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sajer finally rejoin the front line after his firefight in the factory?

2. What type of unit were the blocking squads?

3. Where did the replacement soldiers assigned to Sajer's regiment in Part 4 -To The West come from?

4. Who commanded Sajer's unit and where were they transported to resupply?

5. How did Sajer and his companions escape Memel?

6. How was Sajer physically during his retreat from the Dnieper bank?

7. How was Gotenhafen evacuated and was Sajer able to evacuate before the rest of the German armed forces?

8. How long did Sajer spend in the hospital according to Part 4 -To The West?

9. What happened to Hals persona life in Part 3 - The Retreat ?

10. What was the Regiment forced to do in order to obey its order to break through the Russian encirclement and retreat?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how infringements were dealt with when training for and being a soldier in the Nazi regime by examining examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Sajer's father taught him to fear and hate the German soldiers. Discuss what might have made him want to enlist in the German army.

Essay Topic 3

The cold seems to be one of the main problem for the German soldier. How cold was the Russian front in 1943 and 1944? What clothes and cold fighting equipment did the Germans have? What were the effects of cold on the machinery, men and landscape?

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