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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What crop did Alfons Heck's family produce in the farm near Wittlich?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Barley.

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

5. Near what river was Alfons Heck raised?
(a) The Mosel River.
(b) The Thames River.
(c) The Rhine River.
(d) The Danube River.

6. When did Germany announce an end to fighting in Russia?
(a) June 14, 1940.
(b) October 6, 1939.
(c) October 22, 1942.
(d) February 3, 1943.

7. What was the name of Alfons Heck's twin brother?
(a) Richard.
(b) Michel.
(c) Rudolf.
(d) Andre.

8. What SS official planned and staged the attack on Poland?
(a) Reinhard Heydrich.
(b) Anton Blum.
(c) Paul Wolff.
(d) Ernst von Rath.

9. What American pilot made several trips to tour the Luftwaffe and became friends with Hermann Göring?
(a) Heinrich Himmler.
(b) Anton Blum.
(c) Manfred von Richthofen.
(d) Charles Lindbergh.

10. How far is Wittlich from the French border?
(a) 50 miles.
(b) 100 miles.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) 25 miles.

11. When did Holland surrended to the Nazis?
(a) May 14, 1940.
(b) June 14, 1940.
(c) October 6, 1939.
(d) May 10, 1940.

12. What did Alfons Heck call his first Latin teacher?
(a) The wizard.
(b) The dragon.
(c) The cuckoo.
(d) The king.

13. How many American servicemen were killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor?
(a) 3,756.
(b) 1,353.
(c) 2,334.
(d) 2,945.

14. When did World War I end?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1916.

15. When did the Nazis pass a law requiring all Aryan children to join the Hitler Youth?
(a) September, 1940.
(b) March, 1937.
(c) March, 1939.
(d) June, 1938.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Alfons Heck's biggest rival while in pilot training?

2. How many Nazi soldiers fighting in the Russian campaign came home of the 300,000 sent?

3. Who was Alfons Heck's first teacher in school?

4. On what date was Siegfried's mother buried?

5. On what day was Hitler born?

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