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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many German soldiers came out when the Americans demanded their surrender in Wittlich?
(a) 17.
(b) 23.
(c) 54.
(d) 19.

2. Where did Hans Leiwitz observe the murder of 30,000 Jewish women, children, and old men as the SS machine-gunned them into a ravine?
(a) Paris.
(b) Babi Yar.
(c) Voslvek.
(d) London.

3. Where was the Frank family sent to await deportation to the east after they were arrested in Amsterdam?
(a) The Westerbork transit camp.
(b) To the Einsfeld transit camp.
(c) To the Rathmann transit camp.
(d) To the Bushwald transit camp.

4. Where did Alfons Heck and his Hitler Youth boys take up residence in Remisch?
(a) A nun's school.
(b) A Catholic church.
(c) A youth center.
(d) A synagogue.

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

6. What does the word "aschtung" mean in English?
(a) Attack.
(b) Halt.
(c) Attention.
(d) Right.

7. How many Bannfuhrers were there in Germany when Alfons was granted this title?
(a) 153.
(b) 223.
(c) 734.
(d) 534.

8. Who was Alfons's commandant as he prepared to test for the "C" rating?
(a) Sturmbannfuher Himmler.
(b) Sturmbannfuher Einmann.
(c) Sturmbannfuher Haas.
(d) Sturmbannfuher Winkler.

9. Kratzau was the name that the Germans had given to what Czechoslovakina village?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Habartov.
(c) Ivancee.
(d) Chrastava.

10. Where did Alfons Heck's parents and twin brother live in early 1943?
(a) Paris.
(b) Frankfurt.
(c) Oberhausen.
(d) Berlin.

11. What book did Kurt Vonnegut write about his experiences as a prisoner of war and the American air raids?
(a) Breakfast of Champions.
(b) Slaughterhouse Five.
(c) Cat's Cradle.
(d) Player Piano.

12. Where was Juro's and daughter sent after apprehension when returning to Amsterdam?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Sobibar.
(c) Birkenau.
(d) Katzkau.

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

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

15. What was the name of Alfons's dog that he took on a walk on Christmas Eve in 1944?
(a) Rudi.
(b) Bertie.
(c) Prinz.
(d) Fonzi.

Short Answer Questions

1. When in 1945 were all German teenage boys 15 and older ordered to the front lines?

2. Where was Alfons ordered to report in order to be sworn in as a Fahnrich with the Luftwaffe?

3. What were the three things that a German woman's life should be focused on, according to popular belief in the 1940s?

4. How many people died in the Christmas Eve air attack on Wittlich in 1944?

5. What was done with Adolf Hitler's body after his death?

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