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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. How did Alfons spend Christmas in 1944?

2. What experience caused Alfons to grow sick?

3. When a soldier stopped Alfons to ask him a question, how did Alfons respond to him?

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

5. How many Americans lost their life in the conquest of Wittlich?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alfons had an eye-opening conversation with Leiwitz. Describe their conversation. What event prompted their conversation? What harsh reality was brought to light for Alfons that day? Did this new information affect his loyalty to Hitler?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout Alfons's time as a member of the Hitler Youth, there were various people who helped Alfons along, or in some way strongly influenced his success, opportunity and motivation. Identify a minimum of three people who influenced Alfons's career, and explain the influence each person had on Alfons's life.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think Alfons Heck wanted to emphasize with the title of the book, "Child of Hitler: Germany in the Days When God Wore a Swastika?" What does this title automatically suggest about Alfons's personal reflections later in life?

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