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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sajer say happened to the Eastern front in Part 3 Chapter 7?
(a) It collapsed.
(b) It held.
(c) It stabilized.
(d) It moved eastward.

2. Who decided to walk away from Memel?
(a) Sajer.
(b) Wollers.
(c) The Veteran.
(d) Hals.

3. How high was the fever Sajer mentioned in Part 3 Chapter 8?
(a) 109 deg F.
(b) 104 deg F.
(c) 105 deg F.
(d) 103 deg F.

4. What did Sajer and his troop find in the town presumably empty in Part 4 Chapter 13?
(a) Civilians.
(b) Deserted German tanks.
(c) Booby traps and mines.
(d) Russians soldiers.

5. Which of Sajer's friends returned to active duty in Part 3 Chapter 7?
(a) Hals and Lensen.
(b) Hals and Lindberg
(c) Hals, Lindberg and Lensen.
(d) Lindberg and Lensen.

6. What took precedence in the evacuation by sea of Memel?
(a) Officiers.
(b) War prisoners.
(c) Civilians.
(d) Nazi Party members.

7. What did Sajer learn about Paula in a letter in Part 4 Chapter 12?
(a) She was evacuated from Berlin.
(b) She married.
(c) She died.
(d) She was captured by the Russians.

8. Where was Sajer's division regrouping according to Part 5 Chapter 16?
(a) Medau.
(b) Lodz.
(c) Varvau.
(d) Lvov.

9. How were Sajer and his group rescued from Memel?
(a) By a Romanian Company.
(b) By farmers.
(c) By a boat.
(d) By a German division.

10. Where was the boat Sajer and his troop boarded on April 1, 1945 headed for?
(a) England.
(b) Denmark.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

11. How does Sajer say Russian propaganda was delivered to German troops?
(a) Planes.
(b) On dummy bombs.
(c) In letters.
(d) Loudspeakers.

12. How many British soldiers did Sajer and his troop kill before surrendering?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

13. What medal was Lensen awarded?
(a) Iron Cross.
(b) War Merit Cross without swords.
(c) Gold Cross.
(d) Luftshutz medal.

14. What does Sajer say he expected to find on the other side of the Dnieper River according to Part 4 Chapter 10?
(a) A supply depot.
(b) A well organized German camp.
(c) An airfield.
(d) A powerful tank division.

15. What were the German troops with Sajer ordered to do in Part 3 Chapter 8?
(a) To break out of their encirclement.
(b) To prepare defensive positions.
(c) To counter attack.
(d) To kill all the villagers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the German army start crossing the Dnieper?

2. Where does Sajer say the Russian army's main thrust was targeted toward?

3. Who does Sajer say preferred evacuating with the Germans to being found by the Russians?

4. How many German soldiers were captured when the Russians collapsed the pocket of German resistance in Part 4 Chapter 10?

5. What did the German troops do with their wounded in Part 3 Chapter 8?

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