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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flying High and Up Front with Pen, Camera, and Mike.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What worried Peggy Terry when the tetryl she was working with turned her hair orange?
(a) The toxic fumes might kill her.
(b) The toxic ingredients might make her sterile.
(c) Other women would think she had dyed her hair.
(d) The toxic ingredients might make her sick.

2. What was as important to Italian Americans as cars to mainstream Americans before WWII, according to Paul Pisicano?
(a) Art.
(b) Fashion.
(c) Opera.
(d) Cuisine.

3. How did Galatea Berger remember soldiers smelled in Germany?
(a) Soldiers smelled like gunpowder.
(b) Soldiers smelled like cigarettes, gum, and chocolates.
(c) Soldiers smelled like alcohol and tobacco.
(d) Soldiers smelled unwashed and unpleasant.

4. How did the Japanese people feel about the Japanese war veterans?
(a) Mistrustful.
(b) Worshipful.
(c) Grateful.
(d) Resentful.

5. Who does Bill Mauldin think was the only nice guy among the WWII generals?
(a) Patton.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Rommel.
(d) Goering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first English phrase Japanese children learned after the war?

2. What did Dr. Drude teach his high school students in Hamburg about the Nazis?

3. What did Betty Hutchinson say WWII veterans told their children about the war?

4. What did Ted Allenby promise the homosexual soldiers in his chaplaincy?

5. What is the difference between an Anderson shelter and a Morrison shelter?

(see the answer key)

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