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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. How many boys did Alfons Heck take charge of with his promotion to the position of Gefolgschaftsfuher?
(a) 60-80.
(b) 150-190.
(c) 200-250.
(d) 40-60.

2. Where did Alfons Heck's parents and twin brother live in early 1943?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Frankfurt.
(c) Oberhausen.
(d) Paris.

3. Where did Alfons Heck and his Hitler Youth boys take up residence in Remisch?
(a) A Catholic church.
(b) A youth center.
(c) A nun's school.
(d) A synagogue.

4. How many people died in the Christmas Eve air attack on Wittlich in 1944?
(a) 153.
(b) 32.
(c) 69.
(d) 12.

5. Where was Juro's and daughter sent after apprehension when returning to Amsterdam?
(a) Katzkau.
(b) Birkenau.
(c) Sobibar.
(d) Auschwitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date were the gates of the Kratzau camp opened, freeing the Jews?

2. How many homes were totally destroyed in Wittlich during the air attack on Christmas Eve, 1944?

3. What was Hitler's final, all-out attack on U.S. troops in the Ardennes Forest called?

4. What was the name of Jo Vis's wife?

5. For what magazine did Margaret Bourke-White work when she went to cover the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Helen's reunion with Doris described?

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

6. Why was Alfons dispatched to Spang?

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

8. What is the equivalent of a Bahnfuhrer in the U.S. military? What did being appointed this position mean for Alfons?

9. What was Operation Overlord and when was it launched?

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

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