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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Easter vacation of 1944, what was Alfons ordered to do?
(a) Join a Luftwaffe flight station.
(b) Attend a special weapons training camp.
(c) Join an auxiliary unit to man anti-aircraft batteries.
(d) Stay home until war conditions improved.

2. How did the farmhand and Alfons respond to one another?
(a) Alfons didn't believe the farmhand was a very good worker.
(b) Alfons believed the farmhand was disloyal, and reported him.
(c) They strongly disliked one another.
(d) They respected one another's loyalty to their own country.

3. What was Alfons's happiest time in the Hitler Youth?
(a) When he was manning anti-aircraft batteries.
(b) When he was home with his grandmother.
(c) When he was ordered to report for flight duty.
(d) When he was training 10-man squads on the handling of special weapons.

4. The winter of 1939-40 is referred to as what?
(a) The warmest winter Germany had in years.
(b) The last peaceful time in Germany.
(c) The time of the "fake war."
(d) The time of the "phony war."

5. What action was taken regarding products not essential to the war?
(a) No action was taken, so as not to discourage the German people.
(b) They were produced in larger quantities, to convince the German people that everything was okay.
(c) They were produced in smaller quantities.
(d) They were no longer produced.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Alfons entered "real action," what was the goal of he and his fellow pilots?

2. By the summer of 1940, why did Alfons doubt that he would be fortunate enough to fight in the war?

3. Alfons's grandmother applied to get their farmhand out of prison camp, and he was released under what restriction?

4. When the Allies landed at Normandy, who said they would finally have a chance to get at the elusive American enemy?

5. Which of the following people was not a member of Alfons's family?

(see the answer key)

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