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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Alfons quickly moved up the ranks, from the lowest class A to class B. What responsibility did he earn?
(a) He was now in charge of fifteen of his peers.
(b) He could fly any glider he chose.
(c) He automatically got to bypass the next rank, class C.
(d) He no longer had to endure test flights.

3. What did Alfons say about Germany's enormous losses?
(a) "Propaganda always reassured the people, and this time was no different."
(b) "Josef Goebbels tried very hard to cover our enormous losses."
(c) "Not even the most brilliant propaganda could gloss over our enormous losses."
(d) "Propaganda would surely ease the concerns over our enormous losses."

4. When Alfons said goodbye to Frau Ermann, how did she respond to him?
(a) She hissed at him to leave.
(b) She told him he was a terrible man.
(c) She spit on his face.
(d) She said she understood, and still cared about him.

5. Where was the entire 6th Army decimated?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Wittlich.
(c) Stalingrad.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action was taken regarding products not essential to the war?

2. Which of the following statements best describes Alfons's leadership over his unit?

3. How did Alfons combat his growing desire to be with a woman?

4. Alfons received orders to do what?

5. Who sacrificed his life for a comrade?

(see the answer key)

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