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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day was Hitler born?
(a) May 23.
(b) April 1.
(c) July 15.
(d) April 20.

2. What were Nazi Storm Troopers called?
(a) Brownshirts.
(b) Redshirts.
(c) Blackshirts.
(d) Blueshirts.

3. Who was the Nazi Minister of Propaganda?
(a) Reinhard Heydrich.
(b) Ernst von Rath.
(c) Heinrich Himmler.
(d) Josef Goebbels.

4. Who was Siegfried's brother who lived in the United States as his family prepared to try to flee Holland?
(a) Hans.
(b) Max.
(c) Rudolf.
(d) Jakob.

5. How old was Alfons Heck when Hitler came to power in 1933?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

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

7. When did Germany invade Sudetenland?
(a) November 9, 1938.
(b) September 3, 1939.
(c) September 1, 1939.
(d) October 1, 1938.

8. What was the name of Hitler's youth group?
(a) Untermenschen.
(b) Blitzkrieg.
(c) Hitlerjugend.
(d) Luftwaffe.

9. When was the memorial Yad Vashem established?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1919.

10. Where was Adolf Eichmann discovered in hiding after the end of World War II?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Argentina.
(c) France.
(d) Holland.

11. What was the name of the man that came and took over Siegfried's business?
(a) Max.
(b) Jakob.
(c) Hans.
(d) Andre.

12. What was Jo Vis's profession?
(a) He was a musician.
(b) He was a carpenter.
(c) He was a painter.
(d) He was a banker.

13. What U.S President declared war on the Axis powers after the bombing at Pearl Harbor?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) James Johnson.

14. How did Siegfried's mother die?
(a) She was murdered by a Nazi guard.
(b) She overdosed on sleeping pills.
(c) She drowned herself in a pond.
(d) She was in a car accident.

15. Where did Heinz Ermann go to stay with his Uncle Herbert when persecution of Jews began to become more serious?
(a) Cologne.
(b) London.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did World War I end?

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

3. Near what river was Alfons Heck raised?

4. About how many miles apart are Frankfurt and Wittlich?

5. What crop did Alfons Heck's family produce in the farm near Wittlich?

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