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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Alfons claim the Germans continued to fight in late 1944?
(a) The Germans were a very optimistic people.
(b) They were too prideful to cease fighting.
(c) Their enemies showed signs of weariness.
(d) Their enemies wanted to destroy not only National Socialism, but the German people as well.

2. When one of Alfons's men deserted, how did Alfons respond?
(a) Although he was authorized to shoot him, he didn't have the will to do so.
(b) He shot him.
(c) He had pity on him.
(d) He pretended not to notice, because he didn't want to shoot him.

3. Once Alfons entered "real action," what was the goal of he and his fellow pilots?
(a) To get loads of weapons and supplies across enemy fire.
(b) To learn how to pinpoint land a plane for the first time.
(c) To get a load of men across enemy fire and land them anywhere.
(d) To get acquainted with their fellow pilots, because loyalty was important.

4. Alfons received orders to do what?
(a) Retreat with his men.
(b) Shoot any men in his unit who did not obey his commands.
(c) Step down from his position of leadership.
(d) Join the Luftwaffe.

5. When it was announced that Alfons and a group of Nazis would be executed, how did Alfons respond?
(a) He became indifferent because he was tired of fighting.
(b) He was enraged and now felt like one of Hitler's victims.
(c) He accepted his death sentence because he felt he deserved it.
(d) He was angry and tried to escape.

6. At the beginning of Chapter 10, what significant event happened in Alfons's life?
(a) His grandmother died.
(b) He was demoted due to poor leadership.
(c) He was reunited with an old friend.
(d) He was promoted to Bannfuhrer.

7. What were the men in short supply of?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Food.
(d) Clothing.

8. What significant event in the life of Alfons's family occurred on Christmas?
(a) They all died, following an Allied bomber raid in Wittlich.
(b) They had to be dug out of a pile of rubble following a massive Allied bomber raid.
(c) Alfons chose loyalty to the Natzis over loyalty to his family.
(d) His grandmother died.

9. Who said that one day the Americans would realize they cooperated with the devil and chose the wrong side?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Alfons.
(c) Franz.
(d) Alfons' grandmother.

10. What experience caused Alfons to grow sick?
(a) He was deeply discouraged about the state of the war.
(b) The Hitler Youth received their first rifles.
(c) Two men and a woman were killed right in front of him.
(d) He was told how civilian saboteurs would be executed.

11. What did Alfons do when over a dozen Sherman tanks arrived in Wittlich?
(a) Wearing his Luftwaffe uniform, he left the house prepared to die for Germany.
(b) He angrily stormed toward the tanks, demanding they leave Wittlich.
(c) He successfully escaped.
(d) He changed into a pair of coveralls, and buried his Luftwaffe uniform.

12. Who was the Minister of Armaments and Ammunitions?
(a) Lammers.
(b) Alfons Heck.
(c) Albert Speer.
(d) Gert.

13. When Alfons and his fellow Hitler Youth leaders met Hitler, what did he tell them?
(a) The Hitler Youth were the last chance for Germany to win the war.
(b) Germany had lost the war.
(c) The Hitler Youth were his purest creation.
(d) The Hitler Youth had dissapointed him.

14. Who eventually occupied Germany and arrested Alfons?
(a) The French.
(b) The Japanese.
(c) The Soviets.
(d) The Italians.

15. To where was Alfons sent, instead of to a P.O.W. camp?
(a) Hamburg, to serve as an interpreter.
(b) To a field hospital to serve as an interpreter.
(c) Home.
(d) To the Eastern front.

Short Answer Questions

1. The drive west failed due to what?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 10, to where did Alfons return?

3. What occurred as a result of the Battle of the Bulge?

4. Who did Alfons realize probably saved his life?

5. Who was the head of the German Labor Front?

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