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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. When Hitler launched Germany's last major offensive in World War II, what was his objective?
(a) To split America and Britain from the ultra-Marxist USSR.
(b) To split the alliance between America and Britain.
(c) To stabilize the Eastern front.
(d) To stabilize the alliance between American, Britain and the USSR.

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

3. When it was announced that Alfons and a group of Nazis would be executed, how did Alfons respond?
(a) He was enraged and now felt like one of Hitler's victims.
(b) He was angry and tried to escape.
(c) He accepted his death sentence because he felt he deserved it.
(d) He became indifferent because he was tired of fighting.

4. When one of Alfons's men deserted, how did Alfons respond?
(a) He shot him.
(b) He had pity on him.
(c) He pretended not to notice, because he didn't want to shoot him.
(d) Although he was authorized to shoot him, he didn't have the will to do so.

5. When the Americans attacked, the first attack was simply an Allied probe, and a half an hour later, what happened?
(a) Two dozen fighter bombers flew over the trenches.
(b) Alfons' men retreated.
(c) The Americans retreated.
(d) Two fighter bombers flew over the trenches.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What significant event in the life of Alfons's family occurred on Christmas?

3. Although the Americans seemed to trust Alfons, what did they order him to do?

4. Why does Alfons claim the Germans continued to fight in late 1944?

5. What did Alfons later learn about Leiwitz?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Alfons arrived home, what measures were taken to ensure the Americans wouldn't know he was an officer?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did Alfons learn from fighting the Americans?

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

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

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