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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Alfred Duckett, what bothered black soldiers most?
(a) The mistreatment of new recruits.
(b) The treatment of their visiting wives and girlfriends.
(c) The lack of opportunities for advancement.
(d) The lack of equal opportunities for combat.

2. What is a thirteen-week wonder?
(a) A product of Officers' Candidate School.
(b) A new recruit.
(c) A soldier discharged for poor health.
(d) A soldier who completed boot camp training.

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

4. How was Eddie Slovik punished for desertion?
(a) He was hanged.
(b) He was imprisoned.
(c) He was turned over to the enemy.
(d) He was shot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a victory girl?

2. What did Joseph Levine say that Jewish children begged for after the war?

3. According to Bill Mauldin, what did Russia waste after the war?

4. According to Ray Wax, which country produced the toughest soldiers?

5. What did British boys learn in the Know Your Enemy program?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Galatea Berger say the Third Reich was recorded in her school history classes?

2. Why was Eddie Slovik famous?

3. According to Colonel Gleed, how did the study made by the War Department in 1925 affect the black community?

4. What made Sheril Cunning sad about John Wayne war movies?

5. What does Sheril Cunning say communal spirit was like during the war?

6. What does Werner Burckhardt believe offers hope for the future of mankind?

7. What does Hans Gobeler believe is the greatest danger to the future of the world?

8. What does Gobeler think that sailors all over the world have in common?

9. Why did the FBI suspect the cartoonist, Milton Caniff?

10. How did Lowell Steward say the war affected the status of blacks in the United States?

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