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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the enemy when Paris fell on August 25th?
(a) 1000 kilometers west, allowing for sufficient time to prepare.
(b) A mere 100 kilometers west, 20 minutes flying time.
(c) A mere 300 kilometers west, 45 minutes flying time.
(d) Headed in another direction.

2. Nearly a year after the British declared war on Germany, what occurred on May 10, 1940?
(a) British and French troops marched across the border of Germany.
(b) Natzi troops attacked Britain.
(c) French troops marched across the border of Germany.
(d) Nazi troops marched across the borders of France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Holland.

3. Why did the Jews become increasingly emotional?
(a) They were not allowed to worship in their synagogue.
(b) They didn't have enough customers to keep their shops open.
(c) Their shops were taken over by Christians and their synagogue was desecrated.
(d) They developed severe illnesses.

4. When Alfons said goodbye to Frau Ermann, how did she respond to him?
(a) She hissed at him to leave.
(b) She spit on his face.
(c) She said she understood, and still cared about him.
(d) She told him he was a terrible man.

5. When Hitler launched Germany's last major offensive in World War II, what was his objective?
(a) To split the alliance between America and Britain.
(b) To stabilize the alliance between American, Britain and the USSR.
(c) To split America and Britain from the ultra-Marxist USSR.
(d) To stabilize the Eastern front.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements was true about Alfons's grandmother at the start of the war?

2. Which of the following statements about Alfons's family's farmhand is false?

3. Hitler refused his commanders' pleas to fall back, and when they finally prevailed, what had happened?

4. Alfons's men were trained in what?

5. In the winter of 1943, which of the following statements about Uncle Gustav was true?

(see the answer key)

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