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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what state was Harry S. Truman from?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Iowa.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Missouri.

2. In Chapter 23, how long had the British and Americans been cooperating on an atomic weapon?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1939.

3. How old was Churchill in 1945?
(a) 69.
(b) 71.
(c) 67.
(d) 64.

4. In Chapter 22, where was Patton stationed?
(a) France.
(b) Bavaria.
(c) Slovakia.
(d) Britain.

5. At the end of Chapter 14, how many days did Hitler have to live?
(a) 90.
(b) 100.
(c) 73.
(d) 89.

6. In Chapter 20, how many men were deployed to rescue American POWs at Oflag XIII-B?
(a) 300.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 540.
(d) 3,500.

7. In Chapter 19, when would Churchill be voted out of office?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 4 months.

8. Beginning with Eisenhower, for how long had every successive president served in World War II?
(a) 39 years.
(b) 42 years.
(c) 38 years.
(d) 51 years.

9. At the end of Chapter 23, how many American POWs did Patton believe remained in Russian hands?
(a) More than 20,000.
(b) 17,000.
(c) About 15,000.
(d) 18,500.

10. Where were Helena and Rozinka from?
(a) Poland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Slovakia.
(d) Hungary.

11. In Chapter 22, who commanded the Pacific Theater?
(a) MacArthur.
(b) Clark.
(c) Eisenhower,
(d) Marshall.

12. How old was Roosevelt in Chapter 18?
(a) 65.
(b) 61.
(c) 69.
(d) 63.

13. At the end of Chapter 13, how many words was Roosevelt's fourth inaugural address?
(a) 745.
(b) 629.
(c) 893.
(d) 558.

14. In Chapter 15, how many women did Russian soldiers rape during the war?
(a) 3, 019,043.
(b) Millions.
(c) Hundreds of thousands.
(d) 800,000.

15. In Chapter 17 of the 1,562,000 homes and apartments in Berlin, how many had been completely destroyed?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/4.
(d) 2/3.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, how old were Eva and Miriam Moses?

2. Where was Patton stationed in Chapter 20?

3. In Chapter 21, on what day was Hitler marking his 56th birthday?

4. In 1945, what German city was considered the least Nazi of all cities in Germany?

5. In Chapter 17, where were some wealthy Berliners secretly making plans to flee?

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