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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. Upon reflection, how did Alfons believe he would have responded, had his eyes been opened to the Holocaust sooner?
(a) It would not have affected his loyalty to Hitler.
(b) He would have been sick every night, and unable to fight.
(c) He would have left the Hitler Youth.
(d) He would never have been loyal to Hitler.

2. Why does Alfons claim the Germans continued to fight in late 1944?
(a) Their enemies wanted to destroy not only National Socialism, but the German people as well.
(b) They were too prideful to cease fighting.
(c) The Germans were a very optimistic people.
(d) Their enemies showed signs of weariness.

3. When Alfons and his fellow Hitler Youth leaders met Hitler, what did he tell them?
(a) The Hitler Youth were the last chance for Germany to win the war.
(b) Germany had lost the war.
(c) The Hitler Youth were his purest creation.
(d) The Hitler Youth had dissapointed him.

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

5. Who was Lammers?
(a) Afons' classmate in the Gymnasium who was injured when the Royal Air Force attacked.
(b) Alfons' good friend in the Hitler Youth, killed when the Royal Air Force attacked.
(c) The commander of all units in the region who died following the Royal Air Force attacks.
(d) An assistant to Alfons, injured when the Royal Air Force attacked.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Alfons's friend Franz felt that Germany had more in common with the Americans and the British than with whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

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