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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon reflection, how did Alfons believe he would have responded, had his eyes been opened to the Holocaust sooner?
(a) He would have left the Hitler Youth.
(b) He would never have been loyal to Hitler.
(c) He would have been sick every night, and unable to fight.
(d) It would not have affected his loyalty to Hitler.

2. When Alfons was taken to a high position on the Westwall, what was he told?
(a) Hitler had died.
(b) They could not stop the Allies at Westwall.
(c) They were in danger of losing the war, but victory was still possible.
(d) They had lost the war.

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

4. At the end of the War, what were the Soviets known for?
(a) Treating prisoners with great dignity.
(b) Committing insane brutalities against German refugees.
(c) Not physically abusing their prisoners.
(d) Killing very few German refugees.

5. Alfons's friend Franz felt that Germany had more in common with the Americans and the British than with whom?
(a) The Japanese.
(b) The Bolsheviks.
(c) The French.
(d) The Italians.

6. What did Alfons later learn about Leiwitz?
(a) He was shot by the Gestapo for being anti-Nazi.
(b) He was shot by the Allies.
(c) He was Jewish.
(d) He survived the war, and eventually moved to America.

7. What task was given to Alfons by the Americans?
(a) Find any remaining Hitler Youth and bring them out of hiding.
(b) Read American instructions to his townspeople in Germany.
(c) Teach them how to speak German.
(d) Wash their clothes and dishes.

8. When it was announced that Alfons and a group of Nazis would be executed, how did Alfons respond?
(a) He was angry and tried to escape.
(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 became indifferent because he was tired of fighting.

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

10. Which of the following was true of Alfons's men?
(a) They deserted him.
(b) They lied to him.
(c) They defied him.
(d) They obeyed him.

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

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

13. If a man deserted the unit, what action was Alfons authorized to take?
(a) Send them to punishment camps.
(b) Send them home.
(c) Call the Gestapo to handle it.
(d) Kill them.

14. What news did Alfons hear on the radio?
(a) Hitler had chosen Admiral Karl Doenitz to replace him.
(b) Hitler had committed suicide.
(c) Hitler had been murdered.
(d) Hitler had stepped down.

15. Although the Americans seemed to trust Alfons, what did they order him to do?
(a) Turn himself in to the next unit who came through town.
(b) Try to escape so that, if caught, they had a legitimate reason to kill him.
(c) Leave town.
(d) Go to a P.O.W. camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Along the Eastern Front, how many Hitler Youth died?

2. What did Alfons learn from fighting the Americans?

3. How did Alfons spend Christmas in 1944?

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

5. Over the course of the ensuing battles, what became clear to Alfons?

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