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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When in 1945 were all German teenage boys 15 and older ordered to the front lines?

3. What was Hitler's headquarters called?

4. The rank of Unterbannfuhrer is equal to what ranke in the U.S. army?

5. Why was Alfons Heck sent to Spang?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How is the Kratzau camp described?

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

8. What was the aftermath of the revolt in the Warsaw ghetto?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the themes of brainwashing and propaganda explored in Parallel Journeys? Who was susceptible to brainwashing and propaganda? How did the Nazis use fear to control the people?

Essay Topic 2

Who was Herman Goring and what was his position in the Nazi regime? What actions did Goring take during the Third Reich? What happened to Goring after the war?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Germany's relations with Russia prior to and during World War II. What agreements did Germany have with Russia? How were those agreements broken? What was the war front like between these countries?

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