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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sudden Money and The Big Panjandrum.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which college students were drafted earliest, according to Akira Miuri?
(a) Math majors.
(b) Music majors.
(c) Science majors.
(d) Humanities majors.

2. Why were civilians saving fat during the war?
(a) To make lotions.
(b) To make soap.
(c) To make salve.
(d) To make nitroglycerine.

3. What did Jean Wood say was the result of deprivation during the war?
(a) People became demoralized.
(b) People became inventive.
(c) People became selfish.
(d) People became discouraged.

4. What did Ted Allenby promise the homosexual soldiers in his chaplaincy?
(a) "I will pave the way for you to stay in the military."
(b) "I will guarantee your veteran's benefits."
(c) "I will fight for your civil rights."
(d) "I will pave the way for you to get out of the military."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Richard Prendergast say the lower-ranked person walked with an officer?

2. Why were American soldiers anxious to get points for earning medals?

3. Why did Peter Bezich's son go to prison?

4. What does the classification 4E mean to a soldier?

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

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