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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 continued to stun Sajer at the end of Part 3 Chapter 7?

2. How many tanks did Sajer and his group destroy during the Russian probe of their position in Part 4 Chapter 12?

3. Where did Sajer travel after leaving Vinnitsa in Part 4 Chapter 11?

4. What did Sajer see that drove through the German army with impunity?

5. What did Sajer's regiment discover after securing the town in Part 3 Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Sajer physically during his retreat from the Dnieper bank?

2. What was the state of the Gross Deutschland division in Part 3- The Retreat, and how was it being used?

3. How did Sajer finally rejoin the front line after his firefight in the factory?

4. What happened when Sajer and eight other men were ordered to pursue partisans in a dark factory?

5. How was Sajer able to avoid being a prisoner of war after being captured by the British Army?

6. What happened to the German army that was crossing the Dnieper River according to Part 4 -To The West?

7. What did Sajer expect to find on the west side of the Dnieper River after crossing and what did he really find according to Part 4 -To The West?

8. Who commanded Sajer's unit and where were they transported to resupply?

9. What did Sajer and his unit discover in the supposedly empty village they passed through and what happened in that village?

10. How was Gotenhafen evacuated and was Sajer able to evacuate before the rest of the German armed forces?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Partisans were responsible for many casualties and disruptions from behind the lines. Who were the Partisans? Why were they fighting? How were they organized and who commanded them?

Essay Topic 2

The Luftwaffe, the glamorous life Sajer touted at the start of the book, is absent from the sky during most of the retreat. Where was the Luftwaffe during 1944? Why did the Luftwaffe lose control of the sky? What impacts did this loss have on the German advance?

Essay Topic 3

The treatment of Russian prisoners is seen through the eyes of Sajer. Sajer himself says that his book should not be read for its historical accuracy, but for its emotional content. Was the treatment of Russian prisoners historically accurate or did Sajer exaggerate?

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