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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Other than Hitler, who was admired and adored by the Flying Hitler Youth?
(a) Major General Adolf Galland.
(b) Sergeant Baum.
(c) Commander Winkler.
(d) Alfons.

2. At the end of the 1938 Nuremburg Party Congress, Hitler delivered a speech that had what outcome?
(a) It was discouraging to the Hitler Youth.
(b) It alienated the Germans and caused them to stray from Hitler's rule.
(c) It was scrutinized worldwide and heard live on more than 100 American radio stations.
(d) It had very little emotional impact.

3. Once Germany was at war with the United States, why was Alfons not worried?
(a) Hitler understood America's war potential, and told the Hitler Youth not to worry.
(b) America would focus more on fighting the Japanese.
(c) The war would end soon.
(d) Germany was focused on Russia.

4. Alfons was ordered to the Westwall, and his duties included all of the following, except what?
(a) Maintaining strict discipline with his men.
(b) Freeing regular troops for front line duty.
(c) Serving as an assistant to Roman.
(d) Manning anti-aircraft batteries.

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

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

7. What occurred on Kristallnacht?
(a) The SA and SS smashed the windows of Jewish businesses and stormed Jewish synagogues.
(b) The police intervened when young Natzis destroyed Jewish businesses.
(c) Hitler declared that Jews must close their businesses.
(d) The concentration camps began.

8. Which of the following is not a memory Alfons holds from his childhood?
(a) His parents moved away to a large city in Germany's industrial heartland.
(b) His parents died.
(c) Nazi troops wearing brown shirts marched through the town of Wittlich.
(d) His teacher deliberately discriminated against the Jews in the classroom.

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

10. What was the name of Alfons's family's farmhand?
(a) He refused to tell them his name.
(b) Franz.
(c) George.
(d) Gustav.

11. Alfons arrived at training camp, and after a short time was forced to do what?
(a) Fly on the wings of a glider with other men.
(b) Quit, because he isn't very skilled at flying.
(c) Pretend that he knew what he was doing, even though he felt inadequate for the job.
(d) Go home, because his grandmother spoke to the Bannfuhrer in Berlin.

12. Who sacrificed his life for a comrade?
(a) Meister.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Gert.
(d) Sergeant Baum.

13. What was the Gymnasium?
(a) A highly respected position within the Hitler Youth.
(b) A Natzi training academy to which only 5% gained admittance.
(c) A special association for those who achieved top honors in school.
(d) The highest track of German education to which only 6% gained admittance.

14. Which of the following was true about the children of Germany in the 1930s?
(a) They hoped it would not be required that they join the Hitler Youth.
(b) They were scared of Hitler and the Hitler Youth.
(c) They were not required to follow Hitler if they don't want to.
(d) They were eager to join the Hitler Youth, for its action and glamor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Unlike Hitler, the German people were not eager to go to war for what reason?

2. When Alfons said goodbye to Frau Ermann, how did she respond to him?

3. Which of the following statements about the perception of women in Germany during World War II is false?

4. The Hitler Youth did not cause many parental complaints, particularly when?

5. How did Hitler perceive the Hitler Youth?

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