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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1770, where did Alfons's family emigrate from?
(a) Austria.
(b) Russia.
(c) America.
(d) France.

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

3. What was the Gymnasium?
(a) A special association for those who achieved top honors in school.
(b) A highly respected position within the Hitler Youth.
(c) A Natzi training academy to which only 5% gained admittance.
(d) The highest track of German education to which only 6% gained admittance.

4. Which of the following is true about Alfons's family?
(a) Alfons has a twin sister.
(b) Alfons has 2 brothers. One is older than Alfons, and one is younger.
(c) Alfons is an only child.
(d) Alfons has a twin brother.

5. By the summer of 1940, why did Alfons doubt that he would be fortunate enough to fight in the war?
(a) His grandmother was very ill and he needed to be by her side.
(b) There was a labor shortage due to the war, and Alfons needed to work on his grandmother's farm.
(c) Only England remained to be defeated, and he believed that would happen soon.
(d) Only France remained to be defeated, and he believed that would happen soon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one complaint of Catholic parents with regard to the Hitler Youth?

2. How did the farmhand and Alfons respond to one another?

3. At the end of the 1938 Nuremburg Party Congress, Hitler delivered a speech that had what outcome?

4. Alfons usually served mass while wearing what?

5. In the 1930s, what were the children of Germany conditioned to believe?

(see the answer key)

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