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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Crime and Punishment, A Turning Point, and Chilly Winds..

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Henry Hatfield, how was a German spy who claimed to be from Brooklyn revealed?
(a) He didn't know who the Brooklyn Dodgers were.
(b) He didn't speak English.
(c) He didn't know who the mayor of New York was.
(d) He didn't know The Star-Spangled Banner.

3. How does Robert Rasmus feel about life's problems since the war?
(a) They're all easier to handle because of that experience.
(b) They're all major by comparison.
(c) They're all what he was trained to face.
(d) They're all minor by comparison.

4. What did E.B. Sledge say the war did to American soldiers?
(a) Turned them into patriots.
(b) Turned them into cowards.
(c) Turned them into savages.
(d) Turned them into idiots.

5. What does Paul Pisicano believe binds American suburbians?
(a) Anti-Jewish sentiment.
(b) Anti-German sentiment.
(c) Anti-Italian sentiment.
(d) Anti-black sentiment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lekachman believe World War II veterans feel about their war experiences?

2. Why did Ray Wax think soldiers in the regular army were inferior?

3. Why did the Japanese overseers get angry if the American prisoners killed a snake?

4. What kept Joseph Small from being injured when the barracks in Port Chicago was demolished?

5. According to James Rowe, why should government rationing not have been employed?

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