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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. 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 get a load of men across enemy fire and land them anywhere.
(c) To learn how to pinpoint land a plane for the first time.
(d) To get loads of weapons and supplies across enemy fire.

2. Along the Eastern Front, how many Hitler Youth died?
(a) Tens of thousands.
(b) 100.
(c) 10.
(d) Thousands.

3. If soldiers surrendered to the Americans, what could they expect?
(a) To stay alive.
(b) To be brutally tortured.
(c) To be killed.
(d) To be released quickly.

4. In September of 1944, what order followed the "people's storm"?
(a) Every German male would fight, regardless of age.
(b) German boys age 12 and older had to fight.
(c) Every German male age 15-60 would fight.
(d) No more German men would be called to action.

5. Over the course of the ensuing battles, what became clear to Alfons?
(a) They were all going to die.
(b) They were going to lose.
(c) They were going to win.
(d) Wittlich would not be conquered.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Alfons reunite at the end of Chapter 11?

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

3. When Alfons was taken to a high position on the Westwall, what was he told?

4. When the Americans attacked, the first attack was simply an Allied probe, and a half an hour later, what happened?

5. The drive west failed due to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Alfons's assignment following his orders to retreat from the Westwall?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did Alfons describe the sentence he received, and the work orders from the French?

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