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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. What did Alfons begin to feel about Americans?
(a) He admired them.
(b) He deeply resented them.
(c) He wanted to be just like them.
(d) He didn't trust them.

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

3. Who was the head of the German Labor Front?
(a) Dr. Robert Ley.
(b) Albert Speer.
(c) Alfons.
(d) Leiwitz.

4. Near the end of Chapter 9, Luftwaffe pilots became so enraged that they did what?
(a) They deserted the Luftwaffe.
(b) Many of them killed themselves.
(c) They engaged in a horrific firestorm in Dresden.
(d) They rammed Allied bombers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When one of Alfons's men deserted, how did Alfons respond?

2. At the end of the War, what were the Soviets known for?

3. Which of the following people did not survive the War?

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

5. What disappointing news did Alfons receive from Dr. Robert Ley?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the Americans discover that Alfons could speak English, and what was their reaction to this information?

4. When did Alfons meet Hitler and observe that he looked older and frail?

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

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

7. What did Alfons learn from fighting the Americans?

8. Alfons's men were not enthusiastic about their new orders, but what were the repercussions if they deserted their unit?

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

10. Describe Germany's attitude toward the war by late 1944, when many people felt they should not continue to fight.

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