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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 solitary confinement for 12 days.
(c) Placed him in a prison camp for weeks.
(d) Let him go; they didn't have the resources to hold hostages.

5. Who did Alfons realize probably saved his life?
(a) His men.
(b) The Americans.
(c) A Luftwaffe major.
(d) His grandmother.

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

7. Why did the American soldiers become suspicious?
(a) The people of Wittlich were obedient to their orders.
(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) There were not very many people left in Wittlich.

8. 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.

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

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

11. When the Americans attacked, the first attack was simply an Allied probe, and a half an hour later, what happened?
(a) The Americans retreated.
(b) Two fighter bombers flew over the trenches.
(c) Alfons' men retreated.
(d) Two dozen fighter bombers flew over the trenches.

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

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Leiwitz reveal to Alfons, which he could not believe?

3. Which of the following was not part of the sentence Alfons received from the French?

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

5. What did Alfons begin to feel about Americans?

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