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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 did Richard Leacock say was his worst memory of WWII?
(a) The bombing.
(b) The terrible food.
(c) The loss of friends.
(d) The army film about venereal disease.

2. What racism did Sheril Cunning experience growing up in California?
(a) Her family was persecuted for their ethnicity.
(b) Her family was anti-Japanese.
(c) Her family were members of the Ku Klux Klan.
(d) Her family was anti-Semitic and anti-black.

3. What effect does Richard Leacock claim direct contact with death had upon him?
(a) He became less fearful of dying.
(b) He became unconcerned about dying.
(c) He became more fearful of dying.
(d) He became sure he would be killed.

4. How long did a recruit from another country have to be in the U.S. army to become a citizen?
(a) One hundred and eighty days.
(b) Four full years.
(c) Ninety days.
(d) Two years.

5. What did John Baker know if he heard an up-and-down howling siren as a child?
(a) A ground attack was over.
(b) An air attack was over.
(c) A ground attack was imminent.
(d) An air attack was in progress.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Sheril Cunning's mother's war experience like the New York Stock Exchange?

2. Who attacked Mexican youth in Los Angeles during the Zoot Suit riots?

3. What was a Victory Garden?

4. Why was Peggy Terry happy during the war?

5. What did Richard Leacock think was better about the army than Harvard?

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