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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 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.

2. When Alfons was taken to a high position on the Westwall, what was he told?
(a) Hitler had died.
(b) They had lost the war.
(c) They were in danger of losing the war, but victory was still possible.
(d) They could not stop the Allies at Westwall.

3. What news did Alfons hear on the radio?
(a) Hitler had stepped down.
(b) Hitler had chosen Admiral Karl Doenitz to replace him.
(c) Hitler had committed suicide.
(d) Hitler had been murdered.

4. Why did many people think the Germans continued to fight in late 1944?
(a) To defend themselves.
(b) It was an effort to renew their energy and optimism.
(c) They deceived themselves into thinking they could win.
(d) They wanted to destroy as many Americans as possible.

5. Which of the following was not part of the sentence Alfons received from the French?
(a) Town restriction for 2 years.
(b) One month of hard labor.
(c) 2 years of hard labor.
(d) Expulsion from college.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over the course of the ensuing battles, what became clear to Alfons?

2. What task was given to Alfons by the Americans?

3. Upon reflection, how did Alfons believe he would have responded, had his eyes been opened to the Holocaust sooner?

4. Near the end of Chapter 9, Luftwaffe pilots became so enraged that they did what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the difference between the way the Americans treated prisoners of war, and the way they were treated along the Eastern front?

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. What did Franz believe about the Bolsheviks, the Americans, and the British?

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

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