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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jagerstatter tell his wife he did?
(a) Dug a tunnel to escape.
(b) Learned a new language.
(c) Struck a friendship with a SS man.
(d) Converted two condemned men.

2. How did Jagerstatter do in school?
(a) He was mediocre.
(b) He was a good student.
(c) He never went to school.
(d) He was the top student.

3. Who influenced Jagerstatter's religious beliefs?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His stepfather.

4. What does Zahn say about Jagerstatter's parents?
(a) They were not in love.
(b) They were from Berlin.
(c) They were not married.
(d) They were old.

5. What was the newspaper that ran a story about Zahn's research called?
(a) Linzer Volksblatt.
(b) Linz Timer.
(c) Linzstrate.
(d) Linzwolke.

6. What prison was Jagerstatter transferred to?
(a) Bonn.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Linz.
(d) Kiev.

7. What does Zahn say Jagerstatter's home town had little of because of its remote location?
(a) People.
(b) Farms.
(c) Traffic.
(d) Stores.

8. What day does Charles Zahn say there is little information about?
(a) Jagerstatter's voting habits.
(b) The last day of Jagerstatter in his hometown.
(c) Jagerstatter's youth.
(d) Jagerstatter's siblings.

9. What does Charles Zahn say about the new priest and Jagerstatter's relationship?
(a) They ignored each other.
(b) They became enemies.
(c) They became friends.
(d) They never became close.

10. Who told most of the stories about Jagerstatter's youth?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His closest friends.
(d) His spiritual adviser.

11. What does Zahn say Hitler did?
(a) Created an empire of fear.
(b) Brought Europe to its knees.
(c) Enslaved the German population.
(d) Fought bravely.

12. What was common knowledge in Jagerstatter's village according to Zahn?
(a) That Jagerstatter was insane.
(b) That Jagerstatter was Jewish.
(c) Jagerstatter's refusal to serve in the Nazi military.
(d) That the Nazis were losing the war.

13. Who does Jagerstatter say were always persecuted?
(a) Nazis.
(b) Jews.
(c) Freedom fighters.
(d) Christians.

14. What did Jagerstatter equate the dark time of Hitler's entry in Austria to?
(a) To a solar eclipse.
(b) To the Jew's decision to free Barabbas.
(c) To a nuclear winter.
(d) To the French deciding to follow Napoleon.

15. What was Jagerstatter's role at his church?
(a) Deacon.
(b) Acolyte.
(c) Organist.
(d) Sexton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would Jagerstatter avoid the local tavern?

2. Why does Zahn think Jagerstatter would want to avoid the local tavern?

3. What possible explanation to the blotched nature of the April 9 letter does Zahn give?

4. Why did Furthauer give the position of sexton to Jagerstatter ?

5. Why was Jagerstatter's vote eliminated from the count?

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