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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Alfons Heck promote to be his second in command after he was promoted to the position of Gefolgschaftsfuher?
(a) Ernst von Rath.
(b) Anton Blum.
(c) Roman Follman.
(d) Reinhard Heydrich.

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

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

4. Where was author Kurt Vonnegut held as a prisoner of war during WWII?
(a) Kassel.
(b) Frankfurt.
(c) Dresden.
(d) Berlin.

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

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

7. Where was Doris living with her foster parents when Helen was finally able to see her again?
(a) Krommenie.
(b) Albany.
(c) Ohrdruf.
(d) Frankfurt.

8. When did Russian soldiers liberate the camp at Theresienstadt?
(a) April 13, 1945.
(b) May 16, 1945.
(c) May 8, 1945.
(d) December 18, 1945.

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

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

11. What was the first German concentration camp to be liberated?
(a) Belzec.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Ohrdruf.
(d) Chelmno.

12. How many apartments were there in the ghetto of Warsaw after the Nazis overtook Poland in 1939?
(a) 27,000.
(b) 32,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 10,000.

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

14. Who was the nice looking officer who inspected Helen when she arrived at the concentration camp in Chapter 14?
(a) Reinhard Heydrich.
(b) Roman Follman.
(c) Josef Mengele.
(d) Ernst von Rath.

15. Who did Hitler marry before his death?
(a) Anna Blum.
(b) Edna Himmler.
(c) Eva Braun.
(d) Helen von Rath.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Adolf Hitler die?

2. On what date did Claus von Stauffenberg attempt to assassinate Hitler with a bomb?

3. How many days leave was Alfons Heck granted after fulfilling his orders in Spang?

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

5. Where did Alfons Heck's parents and twin brother live in early 1943?

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