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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Alfons believe was his first and most important duty?
(a) To respect his grandmother and help her on the farm.
(b) To submit to the authority of his teacher, Herr Becker.
(c) Total submission to Hitler's rule and Germany's welfare.
(d) Total submission to the Jewish leaders in Wittlich.

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

3. What was one complaint of Catholic parents with regard to the Hitler Youth?
(a) Senior Hitler Youth leaders did not respect their elders.
(b) The Hitler Youth were not very obedient.
(c) Senior Hitler Youth leaders mocked religion.
(d) The Hitler Youth were not very educated.

4. For Alfons, the Hitler Youth rallies of the summer were a nice break from what activity?
(a) Training for the army.
(b) Studying.
(c) Working in a local store.
(d) Working on his grandmother's farm.

5. At what age did basic training begin for membership in the army of the Third Reich?
(a) Six.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Sixteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is a reason why the Nazis were successful at demonizing the Jews?

2. Despite their September 3rd declaration, the Germans believed what about the French and the British?

3. Which of the following was true about the Hitler Youth?

4. What was the name of Alfons's family's farmhand?

5. Where was Alfons Heck born?

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