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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did Hitler's final, all-out attack on U.S. troops take place in the Ardennes Forest of Luxembourg?
(a) December 15, 1944.
(b) April 13, 1943.
(c) October 22, 1942.
(d) July 20, 1944.

2. How many people died in the Christmas Eve air attack on Wittlich in 1944?
(a) 153.
(b) 32.
(c) 69.
(d) 12.

3. Approximately how many sets of twins did the Angel of Death perform experiments on at the camp?
(a) 645.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 400.
(d) 2,300.

4. What was Albert Speer's position when Alfons met him?
(a) Minister of Armaments and Ammunitions.
(b) Minister of Death Camps.
(c) Minister of International Relations.
(d) Minister of Finance.

5. Why was Alfons Heck sent to Spang?
(a) To defend a nuclear missile.
(b) To defend radar equipment.
(c) To contact Heinrich Himmler.
(d) To defend an air base.

6. When did Hitler order the West Wall to be built?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1930.

7. Who was to take Hitler's place as the leader of the Reich after Hitler's death?
(a) Heinrich Himmler.
(b) Reinhard Heydrich.
(c) Karl Donitz.
(d) Paul Wolff.

8. For what magazine did Margaret Bourke-White work when she went to cover the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps?
(a) People.
(b) Life.
(c) Time.
(d) World.

9. Who was Helen's neighbor that reacted with outrage when she learned that Helen and Siegfried gave up Doris?
(a) Mrs. Crenshaw.
(b) Mrs. Anderson.
(c) Mrs. Smith.
(d) Mrs. Safir.

10. Where was Alfons Heck's brother relocated on June 11, 1943?
(a) The Tatra Mountains.
(b) The Carpathian Mountains.
(c) The Ural Mountains.
(d) The Caucasus Mountains.

11. For about how long did Helen and Siegfried stay with Mevouwtje and the others in her home?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 1 year.

12. On what date did Adolf Hitler die?
(a) May 9, 1945.
(b) June 2, 1945.
(c) April 30, 1945.
(d) December 18, 1945.

13. How many boys was Alfons Heck in charge of when he was promoted to the rank of Unterbannfuhrer?
(a) 1,200.
(b) 500.
(c) 4,400.
(d) 2,800.

14. Where was Alfons ordered to report in order to be sworn in as a Fahnrich with the Luftwaffe?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Kassel.
(c) Spang.
(d) Frankfurt.

15. On what date did the exterminations at Auschwitz halt?
(a) November 28, 1944.
(b) April 13, 1943.
(c) October 22, 1942.
(d) July 20, 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Alfons Heck when he earned his "C" status?

2. How many German soldiers came out when the Americans demanded their surrender in Wittlich?

3. When did Russian soldiers liberate the camp at Theresienstadt?

4. What was the first German concentration camp to be liberated?

5. How far is Bitburg from Wittlich?

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