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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Doris's foster mother for the three years while Helen was captured?
(a) Eva Blum.
(b) Stein DeBoer.
(c) Sarah Himmler.
(d) Anna von Rath.

2. The rank of Unterbannfuhrer is equal to what ranke in the U.S. army?
(a) Major.
(b) Commander in Chief.
(c) Brigadier general.
(d) Colonel.

3. What was done with Adolf Hitler's body after his death?
(a) It was buried.
(b) It was displayed in glass.
(c) It was burned.
(d) It was put to sea.

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

5. What was Hitler's headquarters called?
(a) Ground Zero.
(b) Wolf's Lair.
(c) Dragon's Den.
(d) Nachbach.

6. How old was Alfons Heck when he earned his "C" status?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

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

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

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

10. Who is Germany's famous poet who wrote, "May God not give me what I am unable to carry" (190)?
(a) Paul Wolff.
(b) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
(c) Anton Blum.
(d) Rene Maria Rilke.

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

12. How much did Helen weigh when she was freed from the Kratzau camp?
(a) 70 pounds.
(b) 65 pounds.
(c) 90 pounds.
(d) 80 pounds.

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

14. What number was tattooed on Helen's left forearm at the camp?
(a) B46325.
(b) A6345.
(c) A25254.
(d) C35632.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the large Hungarian woman that was the KAPO of Helen's barrack at Kratzau?

2. How many German children became orphans as a result of World War II?

3. Why was Alfons Heck sent to Spang?

4. What does the word "aschtung" mean in English?

5. When did Hitler order the West Wall to be built?

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