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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the West Wall known to Americans as?
(a) The Siegfried Line.
(b) The Blum Line.
(c) The Mansfeld Line.
(d) The Waldorff Line.

3. Who was the large Hungarian woman that was the KAPO of Helen's barrack at Kratzau?
(a) Anna.
(b) Violet.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Becky.

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

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

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

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

8. How many boys did Alfons Heck take charge of with his promotion to the position of Gefolgschaftsfuher?
(a) 60-80.
(b) 40-60.
(c) 200-250.
(d) 150-190.

9. When did the German officer leading the attack on the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw declare "Warsaw's Jewish district is no more" (100)?
(a) May 14, 1940.
(b) May 16, 1943.
(c) October 22, 1942.
(d) April 13, 1943.

10. Who stayed in Wittlich to burn all the papers of Bann 244 Wittlich?
(a) Monika Mohn.
(b) Josef Goebbels.
(c) Ernst von Rath.
(d) Anton Blum.

11. 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.

12. What was Hitler's final, all-out attack on U.S. troops in the Ardennes Forest called?
(a) The Battle of Geronimo.
(b) The Battle of the West Wall.
(c) The Battle of the Bulge.
(d) The Battle of the Alamo.

13. How many of the 140,000 Jews living in Holland went into hiding after the Germans invaded?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 20,000.

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

15. When did D-Day take place?
(a) April 13, 1943.
(b) July 20, 1944.
(c) May 10, 1940.
(d) June 6, 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many aircraft did the Germans lose as a result of the German air raid on New Year's Day, 1945?

2. How many Bannfuhrers were there in Germany when Alfons was granted this title?

3. Where was Doris living with her foster parents when Helen was finally able to see her again?

4. At what family's very small home did Helen and Siegfried hide out in Zaandam for over three months?

5. When did the French occupiers come to Germany after the war?

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