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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By 1944, which of the following statements was true about Germany's point of view during the War?
(a) The Nazi empire had shrunk, and no one underestimated the United States.
(b) The United States forces had shrunk, and no one underestimated the Nazis.
(c) The Nazi empire was stronger than ever before.
(d) The Germans were not intimidated by the United States.

3. Which of the following statements about Alfons's family's farmhand is false?
(a) He was not a loyal Frenchman.
(b) He was a Parisian baker.
(c) He was a great worker.
(d) He was a fiercely loyal Frenchman.

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

5. After numerous flights, how did Alfons feel?
(a) He felt like it was too much work, and wanted to be a flight mechanic instead.
(b) He loved flying and wanted to work hard for the first time in his life.
(c) He felt like he was too young, and not ready to be flying.
(d) He felt that he should quit and become a priest instead.

6. In what way did Alfons's elementary school teacher, Herr Becker, deliberately discriminate against the Jews in his classroom?
(a) He did not allow them to eat their lunch.
(b) He made them sit in the corner.
(c) He ignored them.
(d) He made them wash the floors.

7. What was one complaint of Catholic parents with regard to the Hitler Youth?
(a) The Hitler Youth were not very educated.
(b) Senior Hitler Youth leaders did not respect their elders.
(c) Senior Hitler Youth leaders mocked religion.
(d) The Hitler Youth were not very obedient.

8. Who was flying when an American enemy aircraft came in on a bomber raid?
(a) Gert.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Alfons.
(d) Winkler.

9. The Soviet Forces pushed the Nazis deep into where?
(a) The Ukraine.
(b) Poland.
(c) France.
(d) Hungary.

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

11. What occurred for Alfons, Gert, and Rabbit together?
(a) They were deployed in the war.
(b) They were promoted.
(c) They became very ill.
(d) They were placed on the same flight team.

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

13. In the 1930s, approximately how many German Jews were there?
(a) One million.
(b) Six million.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 100,000.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the farmhand and Alfons respond to one another?

2. What occurred on Kristallnacht?

3. Which statement accurately summarizes Chapter 1 of the book?

4. Why was the Hitler Youth puritanical?

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

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