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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 10, to where did Alfons return?
(a) The Luftwaffe.
(b) The Westwall.
(c) Wittlich.
(d) The Eastern Front.

2. What disappointing news did Alfons receive from Dr. Robert Ley?
(a) He would not be able to join the Luftwaffe.
(b) He was being fired, and sent home.
(c) He was being demoted.
(d) His Uncle Gustav was reported dead.

3. When Hitler launched Germany's last major offensive in World War II, what was his objective?
(a) To split America and Britain from the ultra-Marxist USSR.
(b) To split the alliance between America and Britain.
(c) To stabilize the Eastern front.
(d) To stabilize the alliance between American, Britain and the USSR.

4. 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 angry and tried to escape.
(c) He was enraged and now felt like one of Hitler's victims.
(d) He accepted his death sentence because he felt he deserved it.

5. Why did the Wehrmacht bomb the railroad bridge through Burg Strasse?
(a) To prevent German soldiers from deserting.
(b) To distract and confuse the Allies.
(c) They were enraged and paranoid.
(d) To stop the Allies from getting through.

6. To whom did Alfons reveal that he was a German officer?
(a) Lieutenant Johnson.
(b) Lieutenant Smith.
(c) Lieutenant Johns.
(d) Lieutenant English.

7. When 2 Royal Air Force Spitfires attacked German supply vehicles, how many Hitler Youth boys died?
(a) 10.
(b) None.
(c) 2.
(d) 100.

8. What did Dr. Robert Ley communicate when he visited Alfons's men?
(a) It was time to go home.
(b) The men would have to push forward more aggressively at Westwall.
(c) Germany had lost the war.
(d) American tanks broke through the Westwall the previous night.

9. Why did the American soldiers become suspicious?
(a) They had been in Wittlich for a month and hadn't met a single Nazi.
(b) The people of Wittlich were obedient to their orders.
(c) They found Natzi uniforms buried around Wittlich.
(d) There were not very many people left in Wittlich.

10. Whom did Alfons greet when he arrived in Wittlich?
(a) His brother, Rudi.
(b) His grandmother and Uncle Gustav.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His grandmother and Aunt Maria.

11. Which of the following was not part of the sentence Alfons received from the French?
(a) One month of hard labor.
(b) Expulsion from college.
(c) Town restriction for 2 years.
(d) 2 years of hard labor.

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

13. Who was the head of the German Labor Front?
(a) Alfons.
(b) Dr. Robert Ley.
(c) Albert Speer.
(d) Leiwitz.

14. In September of 1944, what order followed the "people's storm"?
(a) Every German male would fight, regardless of age.
(b) Every German male age 15-60 would fight.
(c) German boys age 12 and older had to fight.
(d) No more German men would be called to action.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Alfons was taken to a high position on the Westwall, what was he told?

2. Once Alfons entered "real action," what was the goal of he and his fellow pilots?

3. When Alfons and his fellow Hitler Youth leaders met Hitler, what did he tell them?

4. Although the Americans seemed to trust Alfons, what did they order him to do?

5. When a soldier stopped Alfons to ask him a question, how did Alfons respond to him?

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