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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. What was the West Wall known to Americans as?

2. Where was Juro's and daughter sent after apprehension when returning to Amsterdam?

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

4. How many people were at the camp at Plzen when Helen and Becky arrived?

5. What were the three things that a German woman's life should be focused on, according to popular belief in the 1940s?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When did the Allies break through the German West Wall? What did this signify?

6. When and why did the Germans begin bombing the bridges over the Rhine?

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

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

9. Who led the revolt in the Warsaw ghetto? When did this take place?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Kristallnacht? What events led up to this occasion? How many Jews were killed during Kristallnacht? How many Jewish buildings and businesses were destroyed?

Essay Topic 2

How did the German people justify the Nazi concentration camps? Do you think they were aware of the genocide taking place in the camps? Why or why not? Give specific examples in your response.

Essay Topic 3

What happened to Doris during the war? With whom did she stay? How did she avoid detection? What happened to the girl after the war?

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