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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 was the first English phrase Japanese children learned after the war?
(a) "It wasn't my fault."
(b) "Thank you very much."
(c) "Merry Christmas to you, too."
(d) "Panel discussion."

2. What does the classification 4E mean to a soldier?
(a) Unfit for active duty.
(b) Conscientious objector.
(c) Premature anti-Fascist.
(d) Potential Communist.

3. What was a Victory Garden?
(a) A military garden.
(b) A communal vegetable garden.
(c) A garden shaped like a V for victory.
(d) A communal flower garden.

4. Why did Mike Royko spent nights in a pitch-black apartment as a child during the war?
(a) The air raid wardens called for blackouts.
(b) The government cut off electricity.
(c) Chicago was under attack.
(d) His parents were too poor to pay for electricity.

5. How does film critic Pauline Kael feel about the World War II movies?
(a) They were a great support to the public.
(b) They were beautiful.
(c) They were harshly realistic.
(d) They were propaganda.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Yasuko Kurachi Dower believe most Japanese civilians felt about the war?

2. What did John Baker know if he heard an up-and-down howling siren as a child?

3. What racism did Sheril Cunning experience growing up in California?

4. When did German teenagers in the Luftwaffe study for the flak brigade?

5. How does Dellie Hahne believe military wives were regarded?

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