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

2. 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.

3. What did Dr. Robert Ley communicate when he visited Alfons's men?
(a) Germany had lost the war.
(b) The men would have to push forward more aggressively at Westwall.
(c) American tanks broke through the Westwall the previous night.
(d) It was time to go home.

4. When some of the boys tried to desert the unit, how did Alfons respond?
(a) He let them go, because they were obviously not equipped to fight.
(b) He showed them no mercy, and killed them on the spot.
(c) He dealt harshly with them, despite their young age.
(d) He was patient, because he, too, was anxious about the war.

5. What was the first thing Alfons needed to do when he arrived in Wittlich?
(a) Encourage the men in his unit.
(b) Discipline men who had been insubordinate.
(c) Train the newly drafted soldiers.
(d) Recruit more men.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 10, what significant event happened in Alfons's life?

2. When Alfons was invited to a top-secret location by the SS Leadership, which of the following did he not see there?

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

4. Along the Eastern Front, what did many men do to avoid being caught alive?

5. Why was Alfons's grandmother in distress?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the difference between how Alfons felt about Germany during the Hitler years,and how he felt about those same experiences many years later?

3. What did Hitler mean when he told the Hitler Youth leaders that the Hitler Youth was his "purest creation"?

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

5. What did Alfons learn from fighting the Americans?

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

7. Initially following the war, describe Alfons's feelings about the outcome of the war, his allegiance to Hitler, and the millions of people who were killed.

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

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

10. What was the purpose of Dr. Robert Ley's visit?

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