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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following people were allowed to join the Jungvolk, the Hitler Youth's junior branch?
(a) Jewish children.
(b) Handicapped children.
(c) Children under the age of six.
(d) Aryan children.

2. Which of the following statements about Hitler's stance on the Jews is false?
(a) Hitler believed the Germanic-Nordic race was superior to the Jews.
(b) Hitler's obsession with the Jews lasted until his final breath.
(c) Many people believed Hitler would moderate his stance when he came to power.
(d) Although Hitler was obsessed with the Jews for many years, eventually he reversed his stance.

3. Which of the following is not a memory Alfons holds from his childhood?
(a) His parents died.
(b) Nazi troops wearing brown shirts marched through the town of Wittlich.
(c) His teacher deliberately discriminated against the Jews in the classroom.
(d) His parents moved away to a large city in Germany's industrial heartland.

4. At the end of the 1938 Nuremburg Party Congress, Hitler delivered a speech that had what outcome?
(a) It was scrutinized worldwide and heard live on more than 100 American radio stations.
(b) It alienated the Germans and caused them to stray from Hitler's rule.
(c) It had very little emotional impact.
(d) It was discouraging to the Hitler Youth.

5. In the winter of 1943, which of the following statements about Uncle Gustav was true?
(a) He was called into action, but returned home immediately.
(b) He was missing in action.
(c) He became very ill, and could not leave his bed.
(d) He became very angry about the war.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which city was attacked four nights in a row, killing a rumored 50,000 people?

3. Unlike Hitler, the German people were not eager to go to war for what reason?

4. Near the end of Chapter 9, Luftwaffe pilots became so enraged that they did what?

5. By whom was Alfons primarily raised?

(see the answer key)

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