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

2. In Chapter 13, when did the practice of a presidential invocation begin at inaugurations?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1929.

3. In 1945, what German city was considered the least Nazi of all cities in Germany?
(a) Dusseldorf.
(b) Wernau.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Munich.

4. In Chapter 20, where was Patton's son-in-law Col. John Waters captured two years ago?
(a) Tunisia.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Russia.

5. In Chapter 13, how much money did the Chinese Communists want to purchase arms to battle China's Japanese occupiers?
(a) $25 million.
(b) $20 million.
(c) $15 million.
(d) $30 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Helena Citronova sent to Auschwitz?

2. What nearly smashed into Patton's jeep in Chapter 22?

3. When did the Germans begin to develop an atomic bomb?

4. In Chapter 21, who remained with Hitler?

5. How old was Truman when he married his wife, Bess?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Braun and Hitler die?

2. What near-deaths did Patton experience in Chapter 22?

3. How was Hitler's 56th birthday celebrated in Chapter 21?

4. What happened to Hitler and Braun's bodies?

5. How did Helena Citronova survive Auschwitz?

6. Where was Patton stationed in Chapter 22, and what was the place like?

7. In Chapter 13, in Roosevelt's inaugural speech, what lesson did he say had been learned and at what cost?

8. Why did many Auschwitz survivors find no shelter in their hometowns when they returned?

9. In Chapter 13, how and why was Harry S. Truman chosen to be Roosevelt's vice president?

10. At the end of Chapter 23, what did Patton know about a top-secret policy instituted by General George Marshall?

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