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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby, Remembrance of Things Past, and Epilogue: Boom Babies and Other New People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did American soldiers kill Hawaiian civilians?
(a) Confusing them with Japanese army personnel.
(b) Firing short-range weapons at Japanese airplanes.
(c) Believing they were Japanese spies.
(d) Dropping bombs on Honolulu.

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

3. What does Philip Morrison believe is a destructive force in the world?
(a) Nationalism.
(b) Globalism.
(c) Fascism.
(d) Communism.

4. What was the OWI?
(a) Outstanding War Information.
(b) Official War Information.
(c) Office of War Information.
(d) Obvious War Information.

5. What impressed Herman Kogan about the trainees in boot camp?
(a) Their courage.
(b) Their patriotism.
(c) Their selflessness.
(d) Their philosophy of war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dellie Hahne say was the duty of young women during the war?

2. Why was Joseph Small tried for mutiny?

3. According to Lee Oremont, why did people splurge on food and liquor during the war?

4. How did Frank Keegan respond to the bombing of Hiroshima?

5. Why does Robert Rasmus say he could remember people he knew for a short time many years ago?

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