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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Easter vacation of 1944, what was Alfons ordered to do?
(a) Stay home until war conditions improved.
(b) Join a Luftwaffe flight station.
(c) Attend a special weapons training camp.
(d) Join an auxiliary unit to man anti-aircraft batteries.

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

3. What happened during one of Alfons's training flights?
(a) He purposely ignored Winkler's signal, and missed the field.
(b) He had a terrible flight, missed the field, and wrecked a plane.
(c) He had the best flight of his career, and landed perfectly.
(d) Winkler forgot to signal him, and Alfons missed the field.

4. In Chapter 4, Alfons had his first doubts about what?
(a) His loyalty to his family.
(b) Whether or not Germany should remove the Jews from the country.
(c) His involvement in the Hitler Youth.
(d) His faith and going into the priesthood.

5. Which city was attacked four nights in a row, killing a rumored 50,000 people?
(a) Ruhr.
(b) Hamburg.
(c) Cologne.
(d) Wittlich.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the concentration camps first began, what was their purpose?

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

3. Nearly a year after the British declared war on Germany, what occurred on May 10, 1940?

4. In Germany in the 1930s, which of the following statements was false?

5. Why did the Allied bombings never shake the morale of the German people?

(see the answer key)

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