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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements about the commander, Winkler, is false?
(a) The pilots needed his approval to move up in the ranks.
(b) He was a loving father figure to the young pilots.
(c) He was a superb pilot.
(d) He was a relentless disciplinarian.

2. By whom was Alfons primarily raised?
(a) His Aunt and Uncle.
(b) His grandparents.
(c) His parents.
(d) The family of his friend Heinz Ermann.

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) Total submission to the Jewish leaders in Wittlich.
(d) To respect his grandmother and help her on the farm.

4. Nearly a year after the British declared war on Germany, what occurred on May 10, 1940?
(a) Natzi troops attacked Britain.
(b) British and French troops marched across the border of Germany.
(c) French troops marched across the border of Germany.
(d) Nazi troops marched across the borders of France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Holland.

5. Which of the following statements about Alfons and Gert's relationship is false?
(a) Gert and Alfons were classmates in the Gymnasium.
(b) Alfons and Gert got promoted and put in charge of 50 boys.
(c) Gert and Alfons did not get along very well.
(d) Alfons and Gert earned the effective rank of army master sergeant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was true about the children of Germany in the 1930s?

2. Which of the following statements was true about Alfons's grandmother at the start of the war?

3. With whom did Alfons develop a friendly competition to move up in the ranks?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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