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

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

3. Hitler refused his commanders' pleas to fall back, and when they finally prevailed, what had happened?
(a) Hundreds of irreplaceable men died.
(b) Although some men had died, they managed to protect their armored vehicles.
(c) Tens of thousands of irreplaceable men had died.
(d) The Germans had lost many men, while the Allies had very few casualties.

4. 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 stabilize the alliance between American, Britain and the USSR.
(c) To split America and Britain from the ultra-Marxist USSR.
(d) To stabilize the Eastern front.

5. 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 have been sick every night, and unable to fight.
(c) It would not have affected his loyalty to Hitler.
(d) He would never have been loyal to Hitler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Alfons greet when he arrived in Wittlich?

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

3. When the head of the German Labor Front arrived to do an inspection, how did he respond to Alfons?

4. As Germany's fate became clear, how did Alfons feel about their defeat?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What occurred while Alfons was with his family for Christmas?

2. What did Alfons share about his departing words with Leiwitz?

3. Explain Alfons's encounter with a major, whose name he could not remember, but who probably saved his life.

4. What happened when over half of the People's Army disappeared?

5. What was the significance of Alfons's conversations with Leiwitz?

6. How was Alfons finally discovered as a German officer?

7. At the beginning of Chapter 7, what promotion did Alfons receive, and why?

8. When the Soviet offensive broke loose along the Eastern front and Warsaw fell, what were the effects felt by the German soldiers?

9. What happened to Alfons when the French arrived to occupy Germany?

10. Who was Monika Mohn, and what did she say to Alfons?

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