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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. On what date did Hitler's final, all-out attack on U.S. troops take place in the Ardennes Forest of Luxembourg?
(a) December 15, 1944.
(b) April 13, 1943.
(c) October 22, 1942.
(d) July 20, 1944.

2. What was the name of Alfons's dog that he took on a walk on Christmas Eve in 1944?
(a) Prinz.
(b) Bertie.
(c) Fonzi.
(d) Rudi.

3. How many Jews were still alive at Theresienstadt when it was liberated?
(a) 17,000.
(b) 7,000.
(c) 13,000.
(d) 2,000.

4. On what date did the exterminations at Auschwitz halt?
(a) November 28, 1944.
(b) April 13, 1943.
(c) October 22, 1942.
(d) July 20, 1944.

5. On what date did Adolf Hitler die?
(a) December 18, 1945.
(b) June 2, 1945.
(c) May 9, 1945.
(d) April 30, 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date in 1945 did German troops begin blowing up bridges across the Rhine for defense?

2. How much did Helen weigh when she was freed from the Kratzau camp?

3. How many people were killed by the bomb that Colonel Count von Stauffenberg planted in Hitler's headquarters?

4. When did the French occupiers come to Germany after the war?

5. How old was Alfons Heck when he earned his "C" status?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did the Battle of the Bulge take place? Why was this battle important to the war?

2. Who was Rabbit and how did Alfons come to know him?

3. Why was Alfons dispatched to Spang?

4. How was Alfons treated by the Americans when they arrived in Wittlich?

5. Who was Colonel Count von Stauffenberg and why were his actions important?

6. How was Alfons treated by the French when they arrived to occupy Germany?

7. How is the Kratzau camp described?

8. What occurred on April 30, 1945? What did this mean for the war?

9. What were Alfons's perceptions of the Holocaust immediately after the end of the war?

10. What did Helen do when she was liberated from Kratzau?

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