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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alfons was assigned to a new camp where his flying time was limited due to what?
(a) He became ill.
(b) He was considered too low in rank.
(c) Steady rain.
(d) There were not enough gliders for all 60 men.

2. Which of the following people was not a member of Alfons's family?
(a) Gustav.
(b) Maria.
(c) George.
(d) Franz.

3. At fourteen, Alfons had not risen far in the Hitler Youth. What event prompted a new interest?
(a) He met Manfred, who was highly ranked in the Flying Hitler Youth .
(b) His grandmother died.
(c) He began to seriously doubt his abilities, and considered leaving the Hilter Youth.
(d) He met Hanna, and became distracted.

4. Why did many people who owned farms begin to love Hitler?
(a) They began to prosper when Hitler restricted foreign food imports.
(b) They gave in to the pressure they felt from the Nazis.
(c) They were generally very passive and obedient people.
(d) They were afraid Hitler would take away their land if they didn't support him.

5. In Germany in the 1930s, which of the following statements was false?
(a) Hitler's obsession with the Jews lasted until his final breath.
(b) Wittlich became a garrison town, which brought the town prosperity, and ended unemployment.
(c) If someone was Jewish, a gypsy, gay or a political opponent of the Nazis, 1930s Germany was not a place of promise.
(d) If someone was Jewish, a gypsy, gay or a political opponent of the Nazis, 1930's Germany seemed like a place of promise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hitler took advantage of what quality of the German people?

2. When Alfons said goodbye to Frau Ermann, how did she respond to him?

3. Why was Alfons's grandmother furious when he was ordered to report to the glider camp?

4. At the end of the 1938 Nuremburg Party Congress, Hitler delivered a speech that had what outcome?

5. Which of the following is not a memory Alfons holds from his childhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the Allies landed at Normandy, how did the German people react?

2. Describe Alfons's duties following his attendance at a special weapons training camp.

3. In Chapter 5, what did Alfons recall about the American and British attacks on Germany?

4. At only 16 years old, what had Alfons already achieved?

5. In the 1930s, how did children perceive the Hitler Youth?

6. At an early age, what was Alfons conditioned to believe about the Jewish people?

7. Who was Major General Adolf Galland, and what did he say to the future Luftwaffe pilots?

8. At the end of Chapter 5, what important goal did Alfons achieve?

9. What was Alfons's relationship with Hanna?

10. In Chapter 1, what did Alfons share about his family?

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