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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Alfons's happiest time in the Hitler Youth?
(a) When he was training 10-man squads on the handling of special weapons.
(b) When he was home with his grandmother.
(c) When he was ordered to report for flight duty.
(d) When he was manning anti-aircraft batteries.

3. Which of the following statements about Hitler's stance on the Jews is false?
(a) Hitler believed the Germanic-Nordic race was superior to the Jews.
(b) Hitler's obsession with the Jews lasted until his final breath.
(c) Although Hitler was obsessed with the Jews for many years, eventually he reversed his stance.
(d) Many people believed Hitler would moderate his stance when he came to power.

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

5. Which of the following was true about the Hitler Youth?
(a) They were not eager to hear Hitler speak at the Nuremburg Party Congress.
(b) They were not allowed to participate in the Nuremburg Party Congress.
(c) They were frightened by Hitler and unsure of his rule over Germany.
(d) They were the most fanatical Nazi organization.

6. After a month passed, how did the men begin to feel?
(a) Bored.
(b) Angry.
(c) Homesick.
(d) Ill.

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

8. Which of the following statements about the fanfare and drum platoon is false?
(a) They were awful musicians.
(b) They marched on Sunday mornings.
(c) Alfons was never involved in these activities.
(d) They practiced intensely and regularly.

9. Alfons usually served mass while wearing what?
(a) His full uniform beneath his altar boy robes, but without his dagger.
(b) His altar boy robes.
(c) His full uniform, belt and dagger.
(d) His full uniform, including belt and dagger, beneath his altar boy robes.

10. The winter of 1939-40 is referred to as what?
(a) The warmest winter Germany had in years.
(b) The last peaceful time in Germany.
(c) The time of the "phony war."
(d) The time of the "fake war."

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

12. Which of the following statements was true about Alfons's grandmother at the start of the war?
(a) She refused to participate in reverence for anything but the mass.
(b) She became very ill.
(c) She requested a lot of help from Alfons on the farm.
(d) She accepted and began to revere Hitler.

13. Who received the aeronaut's certificate?
(a) Alfons.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Gert.
(d) Sergeant Baum.

14. In Germany in the 1930s, which of the following statements was false?
(a) If someone was Jewish, a gypsy, gay or a political opponent of the Nazis, 1930's Germany seemed like a place of promise.
(b) If someone was Jewish, a gypsy, gay or a political opponent of the Nazis, 1930s Germany was not a place of promise.
(c) Wittlich became a garrison town, which brought the town prosperity, and ended unemployment.
(d) Hitler's obsession with the Jews lasted until his final breath.

15. Why was the Hitler Youth puritanical?
(a) They believed they don't deserve to experience love or gratification.
(b) They wanted strong men not in love with anything but war and conquest.
(c) They wanted men who were willing to sacrifice all of their personal interests.
(d) They were taught that love is a wrong emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hitler took advantage of what quality of the German people?

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

3. Who was made Manfred's successor?

4. Who sacrificed his life for a comrade?

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

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