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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. Who attacked Mexican youth in Los Angeles during the Zoot Suit riots?
(a) Policemen.
(b) Servicemen.
(c) Football players.
(d) High school boys.

2. Why was Walter Rosenblum welcomed in French farmhouses during the war?
(a) He brought news from the front.
(b) He had access to army rations.
(c) He offered protection from looters.
(d) He was an entertaining storyteller.

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

4. How did the people of Pasadena react to the sight of wounded veterans?
(a) With parades in their honor.
(b) With gifts and offers of help.
(c) With requests to keep them off the streets.
(d) With visits to the VA hospitals.

5. How did the Japanese people feel about the Japanese war veterans?
(a) Mistrustful.
(b) Worshipful.
(c) Grateful.
(d) Resentful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference between an Anderson shelter and a Morrison shelter?

2. What did Richard Leacock say was his worst memory of WWII?

3. What did people in Paducah burn in a bonfire?

4. According to Henry Hatfield, how was a German spy who claimed to be from Brooklyn revealed?

5. What was as important to Italian Americans as cars to mainstream Americans before WWII, according to Paul Pisicano?

(see the answer key)

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