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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements was true about Alfons's grandmother at the start of the war?

2. Despite their September 3rd declaration, the Germans believed what about the French and the British?

3. Which of the following is true about Alfons's family?

4. The Hitler Youth did not cause many parental complaints, particularly when?

5. Why did the Allied bombings never shake the morale of the German people?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the general attitude of the Hitler Youth, as described in Chapter 2?

2. How did Alfons handle his responsibilities as a unit leader?

3. What did Alfons recall about the Nuremburg Party Congress?

4. In the late 1930s, what did the German Jews understand would occur to their people as a result of Hitler's leadership?

5. What was Alfons's relationship with Rabbit?

6. At an early age, what was Alfons conditioned to believe about the Jewish people?

7. Why were the Nazis successful in singling out the Jews?

8. Describe Alfons's duties following his attendance at a special weapons training camp.

9. In Chapter 5, what did Alfons recall about the American and British attacks on Germany?

10. In Chapter 4, what did Alfons share about the Hitler Youth's perception of women and their interest in intimate relationships with women?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alfons described the boundaries that the Hitler Youth abided by when it came to women. Why did the Hitler Youth maintain these boundaries? What do you think would have happened if Alfons had fallen in love with Hanna, the farmhand? What choices would he have had to make, and how would these choices have influenced his future?

Essay Topic 2

Following a meeting on the Westwall with Albert Speer, Alfons and his fellow Hitler Youth leaders met Hitler. Hitler told them the Hitler Youth were his "purest creation." What did Hitler mean by this? How do you think his comment impacted the Hitler Youth leaders?

Essay Topic 3

Alfons described the children of 1930s Germany. They were influenced to follow Hitler from an early age. In what ways did Hitler take advantage of the children's impressionable minds? How did this early influence affect the children as they developed into young adults and then for some into post-war adults?

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