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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alfons usually served mass while wearing what?
(a) His full uniform beneath his altar boy robes, but without his dagger.
(b) His altar boy robes.
(c) His full uniform, including belt and dagger, beneath his altar boy robes.
(d) His full uniform, belt and dagger.

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

3. Which of the following statements about Alfons's family's farmhand is false?
(a) He was not a loyal Frenchman.
(b) He was a fiercely loyal Frenchman.
(c) He was a great worker.
(d) He was a Parisian baker.

4. In Germany in the 1930s, which of the following statements was false?
(a) If someone was Jewish, a gypsy, gay or a political opponent of the Nazis, 1930's Germany seemed like a place of promise.
(b) Hitler's obsession with the Jews lasted until his final breath.
(c) If someone was Jewish, a gypsy, gay or a political opponent of the Nazis, 1930s Germany was not a place of promise.
(d) Wittlich became a garrison town, which brought the town prosperity, and ended unemployment.

5. Which is a reason why the Nazis were successful at demonizing the Jews?
(a) Hitler claimed they were a threat to the Germans and would eventually rule the country if they were not stopped.
(b) Hitler declared that the Jews were evil.
(c) Hitler was able to tie the threat of communist revolution to the Jewish race.
(d) The German Jews were not Catholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1930s, approximately how many German Jews were there?

2. Alfons's childhood friend Heinz Ermann could not join the Hitler Youth. Later, what happened to Heinz's family?

3. What occurred on Kristallnacht?

4. Why did the Jews become increasingly emotional?

5. When the Jews were forced to leave Wittlich, to where did they think they were being sent?

(see the answer key)

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