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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Alfons's Aunt burn his uniform and other items that might suggest he was a Hitler Youth?
(a) So that other Hitler Youth would not come there to hide out.
(b) She wais ashamed of Alfons' involvement in Germany's defeat.
(c) So the Americans would not know he was a German officer.
(d) She was angry, and did not want to remember Germany's losses.

2. What did Leiwitz encourage Alfons not to do?
(a) Not to die for Nazi Germany if he could avoid it.
(b) Not to retreat with his men.
(c) Not to tell anyone what he had shared with him in private.
(d) Not to become intimidated by current conditions.

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

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

5. The drive west failed due to what?
(a) Fuel shortages and pulverized supply lines.
(b) Lack of direction.
(c) The fall of Warsaw.
(d) Alfons' poor leadership.

6. 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.

7. Why did many people think the Germans continued to fight in late 1944?
(a) They deceived themselves into thinking they could win.
(b) They wanted to destroy as many Americans as possible.
(c) It was an effort to renew their energy and optimism.
(d) To defend themselves.

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

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

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

11. If soldiers surrendered to the Americans, what could they expect?
(a) To be brutally tortured.
(b) To stay alive.
(c) To be released quickly.
(d) To be killed.

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

13. Immediately following the war, how did Alfons feel about his allegiance to Hitler?
(a) He didn't care that they lost the war.
(b) He was sad they lost the war, but felt no guilt about the millions of people who died.
(c) He wanted to find Hitler and kill him.
(d) He developed tremendous guilt for the millions of people who died.

14. Rather than shoot a hostage, what did the French do with Alfons?
(a) Placed him in solitary confinement for 6 months.
(b) Placed him in a prison camp for weeks.
(c) Let him go; they didn't have the resources to hold hostages.
(d) Placed him in solitary confinement for 12 days.

15. Over the course of the ensuing battles, what became clear to Alfons?
(a) They were all going to die.
(b) They were going to lose.
(c) Wittlich would not be conquered.
(d) They were going to win.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What experience caused Alfons to grow sick?

3. When 2 Royal Air Force Spitfires attacked German supply vehicles, how many Hitler Youth boys died?

4. Which of the following was true of Alfons's men?

5. Who was Lammers?

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