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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. What number was tattooed on Helen's left forearm at the camp?
(a) B46325.
(b) A25254.
(c) C35632.
(d) A6345.

2. What were the three things that a German woman's life should be focused on, according to popular belief in the 1940s?
(a) Propriety, generosity, and kindness.
(b) Love, marriage, and the household.
(c) Church, children, and kitchen.
(d) Power, wealth, and business.

3. How many Bannfuhrers were there in Germany when Alfons was granted this title?
(a) 223.
(b) 153.
(c) 734.
(d) 534.

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

5. What was done with Adolf Hitler's body after his death?
(a) It was displayed in glass.
(b) It was put to sea.
(c) It was buried.
(d) It was burned.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Hitler order the West Wall to be built?

3. Who was to take Hitler's place as the leader of the Reich after Hitler's death?

4. Who was Helen's neighbor that reacted with outrage when she learned that Helen and Siegfried gave up Doris?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When was the crematoria at Auschwitz destroyed? Why?

3. How is the Kratzau camp described?

4. Who was Josef Mengele and what was his role in the Holocaust?

5. With whom did Helen and Siegfried hide out in Haarlem? What was this arrangement like?

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

7. When was Alfons appointed Gefolgschaftsfuhrer? What did this mean?

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

9. How were the Jews treated upon arriving at Auschwitz?

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

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