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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the concentration camps first began, what was their purpose?
(a) They were detention centers for political enemies.
(b) They were temporary holding cells for Jews until they submitted to Hitler's rule.
(c) They were a place where Jews could start businesses and work together.
(d) They were a place for Jews to live peacefully outside of Hitler rule.

2. The Nuremburg Party Congress was a week-long celebration of what?
(a) Germany's history and culture, symbolizing its regained sense of significance and strength in the world.
(b) The anniversary of Hitler's rise to power.
(c) Hitler's birthday.
(d) The establishment of the Hitler Youth.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After France fell, what did the farmers get to do?

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

3. In what way did Alfons's elementary school teacher, Herr Becker, deliberately discriminate against the Jews in his classroom?

4. Where was Alfons Heck born?

5. Why did many people who owned farms begin to love Hitler?

(see the answer key)

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