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

2. Alfons received orders to do what?
(a) Shoot any men in his unit who did not obey his commands.
(b) Join the Luftwaffe.
(c) Retreat with his men.
(d) Step down from his position of leadership.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 10, what significant event happened in Alfons's life?
(a) He was promoted to Bannfuhrer.
(b) He was demoted due to poor leadership.
(c) He was reunited with an old friend.
(d) His grandmother died.

4. When one of Alfons's men deserted, how did Alfons respond?
(a) He pretended not to notice, because he didn't want to shoot him.
(b) He shot him.
(c) He had pity on 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) The Americans retreated.
(c) Alfons' men retreated.
(d) Two fighter bombers flew over the trenches.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Alfons spend Christmas in 1944?

3. Why did Alfons's Aunt burn his uniform and other items that might suggest he was a Hitler Youth?

4. When some of the boys tried to desert the unit, how did Alfons respond?

5. What did Alfons do when over a dozen Sherman tanks arrived in Wittlich?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was the purpose of Dr. Robert Ley's visit?

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

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

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

9. What occurred while Alfons was with his family for Christmas?

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

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