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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 kept Herman Kogan from being afraid during the assaults on Sugarloaf Hill?
(a) He was too intent on getting the story to be afraid.
(b) He was unaware of the danger.
(c) He was too tired to be afraid.
(d) He was in no danger.

2. What did Walter Rosenblum do during WWII?
(a) He was a Voice of America reporter.
(b) He was a flautist in the army band.
(c) He was a brigade commander.
(d) He was a combat photographer.

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

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

5. What did Betty Hutchinson say WWII veterans told their children about the war?
(a) Patriotic slogans.
(b) Funny events.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Horror stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impressed Herman Kogan about the trainees in boot camp?

2. What effect does Richard Leacock claim direct contact with death had upon him?

3. What was the first English phrase Japanese children learned after the war?

4. What was John Abbott's sentence for refusing the draft?

5. What advantage does Alfred Duckett believe the war offered blacks?

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