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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flying High and Up Front with Pen, Camera, and Mike.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advantage does Alfred Duckett believe the war offered blacks?
(a) Training.
(b) Income.
(c) A chance to prove themselves.
(d) Insurance.

2. What did Sarah Killingsworth believe the war offered to her and her family?
(a) A path for acceptance in the white world.
(b) Jobs that paid well.
(c) Training.
(d) Education.

3. What did people in Paducah burn in a bonfire?
(a) Emperor Hirohito's effigy.
(b) All their Japanese products.
(c) All their German products.
(d) Posters of Hitler.

4. Why were civilians saving fat during the war?
(a) To make nitroglycerine.
(b) To make salve.
(c) To make soap.
(d) To make lotions.

5. Why were the Japanese pleased when American officers chose their homes to occupy?
(a) It meant their homes were superior.
(b) It meant they would get rent payments.
(c) It meant they would have plenty of food.
(d) It meant they would receive reparations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the French army do instead of censoring mail?

2. What did Ted Allenby promise the homosexual soldiers in his chaplaincy?

3. What black market item was in demand among Russian troops in Vienna in 1945?

4. What effect did John Wayne war movies have on Japanese children living in California, according to Sheril Cunning?

5. According to Alfred Duckett, what bothered black soldiers most?

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