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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Herr Becker claim as the reason for Kristallnacht?
(a) The police were making an effort to protect all Germans.
(b) Punishment for people who did not respect Hitler.
(c) Spontaneous action against the Jews for the murder of a German diplomat.
(d) German Jews should not have been allowed to own businesses.

2. Which of the following is true about Alfons's family?
(a) Alfons is an only child.
(b) Alfons has a twin sister.
(c) Alfons has 2 brothers. One is older than Alfons, and one is younger.
(d) Alfons has a twin brother.

3. Alfons's childhood friend Heinz Ermann could not join the Hitler Youth. Later, what happened to Heinz's family?
(a) They moved to a large city in Germany's industrial heartland, Oberhausen.
(b) They moved to the countryside.
(c) They were gassed at Auschwitz.
(d) They chose to become followers of Hitler.

4. By 1938, which of the following statements about the Gestapo was false?
(a) No one respected the Gestapo, and therefore it was not effective.
(b) It could not be controlled by the regular judicial system.
(c) People obeyed and complied with the Gestapo.
(d) It was all-powerful.

5. Who was Hanna?
(a) The 18-year-old sister of his good friend.
(b) An 18-year-old girl who Alfons' met through a friend.
(c) An 18-year-old girl in the Hitler Youth.
(d) An 18-year-old farmhand, hired by Alfons's grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the borders were reassigned, what were the men told to do?

2. What did Alfons say about Germany's enormous losses?

3. Which city was attacked four nights in a row, killing a rumored 50,000 people?

4. How did the small towns usually respond to the air raid sirens?

5. In Chapter 4, Alfons had his first doubts about what?

(see the answer key)

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