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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. Who was Siegfried's brother who lived in the United States as his family prepared to try to flee Holland?
(a) Hans.
(b) Max.
(c) Rudolf.
(d) Jakob.

2. On what date did Helen and Siegfried give over Doris to the couple that would raise her?
(a) October 6, 1939.
(b) October 22, 1942.
(c) June 14, 1940.
(d) December 18, 1940.

3. When did Hitler give a speech to his top staff establishing his plans to invade Russia?
(a) June 22, 1941.
(b) October 6, 1939.
(c) December 7, 1941.
(d) December 18, 1940.

4. What was the name of Alfons Heck's twin brother?
(a) Andre.
(b) Richard.
(c) Rudolf.
(d) Michel.

5. On what date did Hitler make the swastika an official part of the German flag?
(a) September 15, 1935.
(b) July 4, 1934.
(c) September 2, 1936.
(d) June 3, 1933.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ordered the expansion of the Auschwitz death camp?

2. What U.S President declared war on the Axis powers after the bombing at Pearl Harbor?

3. How old was Alfons Heck when he began pilot training?

4. What were Nazi Storm Troopers called?

5. Where did Alfons Heck tell his grandmother the Jews from Wittlich would be sent to provide labor for their crimes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Blitzkrieg mean and how does it apply to Germany's efforts in the war?

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

3. What was the Luftwaffe? When was it formed? Who headed it?

4. How are the events of Kristallnacht described?

5. What was the SS? When was it formed? What were its objectives?

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

7. What were Alfons's perceptions of Auschwitz after the Jews in Wittlich were taken away?

8. What were Helen and Siegfried's lives like in Amsterdam during the time before the Nazis invaded?

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

10. When did the Nazis invade Russia? How did this attack play out?

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