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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city was Helen Waterford born?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Offenbach.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Munich.

2. What was the name of Alfons Heck's father?
(a) Hess.
(b) Andre.
(c) Jakob.
(d) Richard.

3. What was Erwin Rommel popularly known as?
(a) The Wild Tiger.
(b) The Red Wolf.
(c) The Red Baron.
(d) The Desert Fox.

4. When was Adolf Eichmann finally discovered after the end of World War II?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1980.

5. When did Germany invade Sudetenland?
(a) November 9, 1938.
(b) October 1, 1938.
(c) September 1, 1939.
(d) September 3, 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Luftwaffe established?

2. On what date was Siegfried's mother buried?

3. In the 1920s, how many German marks equalled one American dollar?

4. How old was Doris when Helen and Siegfried decided to go into hiding and to send her away?

5. Who was Alfons Heck's biggest rival while in pilot training?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Hitler first propose a "final solution" to the "Jewish problem"? What was his solution?

2. When did Germany attack Holland? How did this play out?

3. Why did Alfons believe the years between 1942 and 1944 were the best of his life?

4. Who was Ab Reusink and how did he help Helen and Siegfried?

5. How old was Alfons Heck when he joined the Hitler Youth? How did he feel about the organization?

6. How are the events of Kristallnacht described?

7. How did Helen and Siegfried manage to delay being taken by the Nazis in Amsterdam?

8. How did World War I influence the breakout of World War II?

9. Who was Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and what role did he play in World War II?

10. Where did Helen Waterford grow up? Why did she go to the Netherlands?

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