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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 18, how much was found in gold bars, currency, and priceless works of art in the Merkers mine?
(a) Three to four million dollars.
(b) A million and a half dollars.
(c) Hundreds of millions of dollars.
(d) Billions of dollars.

2. When did Winston Churchill first criticize Nazi Germany?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1920s.
(c) 1930s.
(d) 1939.

3. After Patton crossed the Rhine in Chapter 16, how many Luftwaffe planes did his army shoot down?
(a) 41.
(b) 33.
(c) 29.
(d) 18.

4. Where did Helena Citronova settle after the war?
(a) United States.
(b) England.
(c) Slovakia.
(d) Israel.

5. How long was the Siegfried line?
(a) 290 miles.
(b) 400 miles.
(c) 483 miles.
(d) 345 miles.

6. How long did the Germans and Russians battle in the city of Stalingrad?
(a) 7 months.
(b) 5 1/2 months.
(c) 8 weeks.
(d) 18 weeks.

7. In Chapter 21, who remained with Hitler?
(a) Goergin.
(b) Bormann.
(c) Hermann.
(d) Himmler.

8. How did Hitler kill himself?
(a) Strychnine.
(b) Cyanide pill and shot to the head.
(c) Arsenic.
(d) Ricin.

9. In Chapter 21, what was drunk by Braun and several secretaries to celebrate Hitler's birthday?
(a) Red whine.
(b) White wine.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Champagne.

10. In Chapter 18, when Patton, Bradley, and Eisenhower toured the concentration camp Ohrdruf, how many bodies had been thrown into shallow graves?
(a) 1,700.
(b) 4,100.
(c) 2,900.
(d) 3,200.

11. In Chapter 13, how many guests were invited to Roosevelt's swearing-in a president?
(a) 7,000.
(b) 4,800.
(c) 5,500.
(d) 6,200.

12. When was Helena Citronova sent to Auschwitz?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1941.

13. At the end of Chapter 16, when did Patton's Third Army cross the Rhine River?
(a) March 26.
(b) March 11.
(c) March 24.
(d) March 22.

14. How old was Truman when he married his wife, Bess?
(a) 35.
(b) 27.
(c) 29.
(d) 33.

15. What was the combat range of the Spitfire?
(a) 405 miles.
(b) 390 miles.
(c) 410 miles.
(d) 395 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, when was Patton finally able to advance into Germany?

2. In Chapter 23, how long had the British and Americans been cooperating on an atomic weapon?

3. Who was present in Berlin in Chapter 23 when the American flag was raised over the city for the first time?

4. In Chapter 18, where was Donovan when he learned that Roosevelt had died?

5. Where was Churchill's mother from?

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