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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of the War, what were the Soviets known for?
(a) Committing insane brutalities against German refugees.
(b) Killing very few German refugees.
(c) Not physically abusing their prisoners.
(d) Treating prisoners with great dignity.

2. Alfons's friend Franz felt that Germany had more in common with the Americans and the British than with whom?
(a) The Italians.
(b) The Japanese.
(c) The French.
(d) The Bolsheviks.

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

4. Alfons received orders to do what?
(a) Step down from his position of leadership.
(b) Retreat with his men.
(c) Join the Luftwaffe.
(d) Shoot any men in his unit who did not obey his commands.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What town did the men now have to defend?

2. Who was Lammers?

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

4. How many Americans lost their life in the conquest of Wittlich?

5. When a soldier stopped Alfons to ask him a question, how did Alfons respond to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occurred while Alfons was with his family for Christmas?

2. How did Alfons describe the sentence he received, and the work orders from the French?

3. What happened when over half of the People's Army disappeared?

4. When Alfons arrived home, what measures were taken to ensure the Americans wouldn't know he was an officer?

5. Explain Alfons's encounter with a major, whose name he could not remember, but who probably saved his life.

6. How was Alfons finally discovered as a German officer?

7. What was Alfons's assignment following his orders to retreat from the Westwall?

8. What was the difference between the way the Americans treated prisoners of war, and the way they were treated along the Eastern front?

9. What did Alfons learn from fighting the Americans?

10. What was the purpose of Dr. Robert Ley's visit?

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