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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. According to Ray Wax, why did Americans feel good during WWII?
(a) They were doing something worthwhile.
(b) They were having an adventure.
(c) They were making money.
(d) They were demonstrably the best.

2. Where was John Smitherman given treatment for his radiation poisoning?
(a) Japan.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York.
(d) Washington, D.C.

3. What does Dellie Hahne say was the duty of young women during the war?
(a) To recycle and conserve energy.
(b) To sew bandages.
(c) To dance with soldiers at the USO.
(d) To plant victory gardens.

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

5. What unusual food did Ken Hourigan eat in the Philippines?
(a) Dog.
(b) Cat.
(c) Horse.
(d) Mouse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Maurice Wilson think when he saw the Japanese war planes over Hawaii?

3. Why did the Germans want to keep the American prisoners of war out of Allied hands?

4. What did Sarah Killingsworth believe the war offered to her and her family?

5. How does Olga Norwak characterize wartime romance?

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