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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Alfons begin to feel about Americans?
(a) He wanted to be just like them.
(b) He didn't trust them.
(c) He deeply resented them.
(d) He admired them.

2. What occurred as a result of the Battle of the Bulge?
(a) 400 German planes were destroyed.
(b) Most of Alfons' men were killed.
(c) Alfons was once again passed over for the Luftwaffe.
(d) The Luftwaffe finally claimed Alfons.

3. If soldiers surrendered to the Americans, what could they expect?
(a) To be brutally tortured.
(b) To stay alive.
(c) To be released quickly.
(d) To be killed.

4. Why does Alfons claim the Germans continued to fight in late 1944?
(a) They were too prideful to cease fighting.
(b) Their enemies wanted to destroy not only National Socialism, but the German people as well.
(c) The Germans were a very optimistic people.
(d) Their enemies showed signs of weariness.

5. What disappointing news did Alfons receive from Dr. Robert Ley?
(a) He was being demoted.
(b) He was being fired, and sent home.
(c) His Uncle Gustav was reported dead.
(d) He would not be able to join the Luftwaffe.

6. Over the course of the ensuing battles, what became clear to Alfons?
(a) They were going to win.
(b) Wittlich would not be conquered.
(c) They were going to lose.
(d) They were all going to die.

7. Hitler refused his commanders' pleas to fall back, and when they finally prevailed, what had happened?
(a) Tens of thousands of irreplaceable men had died.
(b) The Germans had lost many men, while the Allies had very few casualties.
(c) Hundreds of irreplaceable men died.
(d) Although some men had died, they managed to protect their armored vehicles.

8. Which of the following points of view was not shared by Alfons at the end of the book?
(a) The Germans deserve to be forgiven for their brutality.
(b) The Germans allowed children to be deceived and delivered them to Hitler.
(c) The Germans were cowards and brutes.
(d) It is devastating that a civilized, humane people became indifferent to brutality.

9. Who said that one day the Americans would realize they cooperated with the devil and chose the wrong side?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Alfons' grandmother.
(c) Alfons.
(d) Franz.

10. When 2 Royal Air Force Spitfires attacked German supply vehicles, how many Hitler Youth boys died?
(a) 100.
(b) 2.
(c) 10.
(d) None.

11. What town did the men now have to defend?
(a) Ruhr.
(b) Oberhausen.
(c) Trier.
(d) Wittlich.

12. Why did the Wehrmacht bomb the railroad bridge through Burg Strasse?
(a) To stop the Allies from getting through.
(b) They were enraged and paranoid.
(c) To prevent German soldiers from deserting.
(d) To distract and confuse the Allies.

13. Which of the following was not part of the sentence Alfons received from the French?
(a) One month of hard labor.
(b) Expulsion from college.
(c) Town restriction for 2 years.
(d) 2 years of hard labor.

14. What task was given to Alfons by the Americans?
(a) Teach them how to speak German.
(b) Find any remaining Hitler Youth and bring them out of hiding.
(c) Wash their clothes and dishes.
(d) Read American instructions to his townspeople in Germany.

15. Whom did Alfons greet when he arrived in Wittlich?
(a) His grandmother and Aunt Maria.
(b) His grandmother and Uncle Gustav.
(c) His brother, Rudi.
(d) His grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. When some of the boys tried to desert the unit, how did Alfons respond?

2. Which of the following was true of Alfons's men?

3. Who eventually occupied Germany and arrested Alfons?

4. Why did the American soldiers become suspicious?

5. How did Alfons spend Christmas in 1944?

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