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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 did Hitler marry before his death?
(a) Helen von Rath.
(b) Eva Braun.
(c) Anna Blum.
(d) Edna Himmler.

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

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

4. Who was the nice looking officer who inspected Helen when she arrived at the concentration camp in Chapter 14?
(a) Ernst von Rath.
(b) Josef Mengele.
(c) Reinhard Heydrich.
(d) Roman Follman.

5. Who was to take Hitler's place as the leader of the Reich after Hitler's death?
(a) Heinrich Himmler.
(b) Reinhard Heydrich.
(c) Karl Donitz.
(d) Paul Wolff.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For how long was Alfons forced to work hard labor for the French military after the war?

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

4. How many boys did Alfons Heck take charge of with his promotion to the position of Gefolgschaftsfuher?

5. When did the Jews of the Warsaw ghetoo revolt against the Nazis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Albert Speer and what was his position in the Nazi regime?

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

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

4. What was the Volkssturm? What were its strengths and weaknesses?

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

6. What happened to women with children upon arriving at Auschwitz? Why?

7. How did Helen manage to return to Amsterdam after the war?

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

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

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

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