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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many German synagogues were set fire on Kristallnacht according to the "official" reports?
(a) 119.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 154.

2. On what date was Poland defeated by Nazi Germany?
(a) September 3, 1939.
(b) May 14, 1940.
(c) June 14, 1940.
(d) October 6, 1939.

3. What were the younger apprentices of the Jungvolk called?
(a) Luftwaffe.
(b) Hitlerjugend.
(c) Pimpfs.
(d) Untermenschen.

4. What word in German refers to lower-class citizens, as used by the Nazis?
(a) Untermenschen.
(b) Hitlerjugend.
(c) Luftwaffe.
(d) Blitzkrieg.

5. Who owned the shoe store that was a major target during the night of broken glass in Wittlich?
(a) Reinhard Heydrich.
(b) Paul Wolff.
(c) Anton Blum.
(d) Ernst von Rath.

6. Where was Helen Waterford's father from?
(a) Lithuania.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Austria.

7. How old did one have to be in order to join the Hitler Youth?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

8. Where did Alfons Heck tell his grandmother the Jews from Wittlich would be sent to provide labor for their crimes?
(a) France.
(b) Poland.
(c) Holland.
(d) England.

9. What was the name of the Nazi German air force?
(a) Armee de lAir.
(b) Luftwaffe.
(c) Jungvolk.
(d) Royal Air Force.

10. Who did Herschel Grynszpan shoot at the German Embassy in Paris in retaliation for his father being shipped back to Poland?
(a) Anton Blum.
(b) Heinrich Himmler.
(c) Reinhard Heydrich.
(d) Ernst von Rath.

11. Where did Siegfried's brother in the U.S. attempt to get Siegfried's family visas to relocate?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Argentina.
(c) The Philippines.
(d) New Mexico.

12. What was Erwin Rommel popularly known as?
(a) The Red Baron.
(b) The Desert Fox.
(c) The Red Wolf.
(d) The Wild Tiger.

13. Who was Alfons Heck's biggest rival while in pilot training?
(a) Paul.
(b) Roger.
(c) Anton.
(d) Rabbit.

14. Who was the head of the SS in Nazi Germany?
(a) Anton Blum.
(b) Ernst von Rath.
(c) Heinrich Himmler.
(d) Reinhard Heydrich.

15. In what city was Helen Waterford born?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Offenbach.
(c) Munich.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "blitzkrieg" translate to in English?

2. On what date did the Nazis invade the Soviet Union?

3. From where did the Heck family move to Germany?

4. On what date were Siegfried and Helen ordered to appear at the train station in Amsterdam for "Resettlement to the East"?

5. Who ordered the expansion of the Auschwitz death camp?

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