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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. By the end of 1938, what was the approximate membership of the Hitler Youth?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 12 million.
(c) 7 million.
(d) 4 million.

2. About how many miles apart are Frankfurt and Wittlich?
(a) 20 miles.
(b) 40 miles.
(c) 60 miles.
(d) 100 miles.

3. How many German synagogues were set fire on Kristallnacht according to the "official" reports?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 119.
(d) 154.

4. Who was Alfons Heck's biggest rival while in pilot training?
(a) Roger.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Paul.
(d) Anton.

5. How old was Alfons Heck when Hitler came to power in 1933?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Mein Kampf" translate to in English?

2. How many Nazi soldiers fighting in the Russian campaign came home of the 300,000 sent?

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

4. Where was Helen Waterford's father from?

5. How old was Siegfried's mother when she died?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the fortune teller tell Helen? How did her premonition play out?

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

4. What happened to Helen Waterford's family during the time of Kristallnacht?

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

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

7. What led to Siegfried losing his job? What were his circumstances like after this?

8. What was the Flieger Hitlerjugend? How was Alfons involved with this organization?

9. What was the Hitler Youth? Why was it important?

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

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