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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Germany's fate became clear, how did Alfons feel about their defeat?
(a) He was still willing to die obediently.
(b) He was in denial about it.
(c) He was deeply depressed and suicidal.
(d) He accepted it.

2. When a soldier stopped Alfons to ask him a question, how did Alfons respond to him?
(a) In German.
(b) He surrendered to the soldier.
(c) In English.
(d) He refused to speak to him.

3. Which of the following statements about the People's Army is false?
(a) They were short on weapons.
(b) They were exceptionally focused and very aggressive.
(c) They were in chaos, and did not have instructions on where to regroup.
(d) Over half of them had disappeared through desertion or incompetence.

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

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

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

7. Who was Lammers?
(a) Alfons' good friend in the Hitler Youth, killed when the Royal Air Force attacked.
(b) An assistant to Alfons, injured when the Royal Air Force attacked.
(c) The commander of all units in the region who died following the Royal Air Force attacks.
(d) Afons' classmate in the Gymnasium who was injured when the Royal Air Force attacked.

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If soldiers surrendered to the Americans, what could they expect?

2. When the Americans attacked, the first attack was simply an Allied probe, and a half an hour later, what happened?

3. Who eventually occupied Germany and arrested Alfons?

4. Which of the following statements about Monika Mohn is false?

5. How many Americans lost their life in the conquest of Wittlich?

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