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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Alfons believe was his first and most important duty?
(a) Total submission to the Jewish leaders in Wittlich.
(b) To submit to the authority of his teacher, Herr Becker.
(c) To respect his grandmother and help her on the farm.
(d) Total submission to Hitler's rule and Germany's welfare.

3. By whom was Alfons primarily raised?
(a) The family of his friend Heinz Ermann.
(b) His parents.
(c) His Aunt and Uncle.
(d) His grandparents.

4. Where was the enemy when Paris fell on August 25th?
(a) A mere 300 kilometers west, 45 minutes flying time.
(b) 1000 kilometers west, allowing for sufficient time to prepare.
(c) A mere 100 kilometers west, 20 minutes flying time.
(d) Headed in another direction.

5. What did Manfred invite Alfons to do?
(a) Join him in leaving Germany in search of a more peaceful life.
(b) Join him in the chance to train as a combat pilot with the Flying Hitler Youth.
(c) Train with him to become a flight mechanic.
(d) Train with him to become a deputy.

6. How did the farmhand and Alfons respond to one another?
(a) They strongly disliked one another.
(b) Alfons didn't believe the farmhand was a very good worker.
(c) Alfons believed the farmhand was disloyal, and reported him.
(d) They respected one another's loyalty to their own country.

7. 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.

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

9. By the summer of 1940, why did Alfons doubt that he would be fortunate enough to fight in the war?
(a) Only France remained to be defeated, and he believed that would happen soon.
(b) There was a labor shortage due to the war, and Alfons needed to work on his grandmother's farm.
(c) His grandmother was very ill and he needed to be by her side.
(d) Only England remained to be defeated, and he believed that would happen soon.

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

11. The Nuremburg Party Congress was a week-long celebration of what?
(a) The anniversary of Hitler's rise to power.
(b) The establishment of the Hitler Youth.
(c) Germany's history and culture, symbolizing its regained sense of significance and strength in the world.
(d) Hitler's birthday.

12. 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) People obeyed and complied with the Gestapo.
(c) It was all-powerful.
(d) It could not be controlled by the regular judicial system.

13. How did the small towns usually respond to the air raid sirens?
(a) They usually disregarded the air raid sirens.
(b) They left town.
(c) They stayed awake all night until they were sure they were safe.
(d) They panicked and started riots.

14. After France fell, what did the farmers get to do?
(a) Apply for financial support until the labor shortage was remedied.
(b) Choose French prisoners of war for farmhands.
(c) Sell their farm for a substantial price.
(d) Complain directly to Hitler about the difficult labor shortage.

15. If Roman were to have disobeyed Alfons's orders, how would Alfons have responded?
(a) He would have sent him to a punishment camp.
(b) He would have quickly forgiven him.
(c) He would have fired him as his assistant.
(d) He would have overlooked it, because they were friends.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following was true about the children of Germany in the 1930s?

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

4. In 1942, what decision was made at a top-secret conference in Wannsee, a suburb of Berlin?

5. When the Jews were forced to leave Wittlich, to where did they think they were being sent?

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