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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Crime and Punishment, A Turning Point, and Chilly Winds..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Eddie Slovik punished for desertion?
(a) He was imprisoned.
(b) He was turned over to the enemy.
(c) He was hanged.
(d) He was shot.

2. What changes does Admiral Larocque believe WWII caused in American national consciousness?
(a) Planning for war was a religious act.
(b) Planning for war was unavoidable.
(c) Planning for war was forever to be avoided.
(d) Planning for war became permanently institutionalized.

3. According to James Rowe, why should government rationing not have been employed?
(a) People were willing to go without.
(b) Shortages might not have occured.
(c) Market forces would have stabilized supply and demand.
(d) Shortages would have created less antagonism.

4. What did Paul Pisicano believe Italian Americans felt about the Axis countries in World War II?
(a) Italian Americans were neutral about the war.
(b) Italian Americans wanted to fight on Italian soil.
(c) Italian Americans were ashamed of Mussolini.
(d) Italian Americans were against Hitler and the Japanese, but not the Italians.

5. Why was John Garcia brought before a navy court?
(a) He was accused of aiding the enemy.
(b) He was firing unauthorized ammunition.
(c) He lied about his age to enlist.
(d) He refused to go into a burning ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ursula Bender feel about the war as a six-year-old child?

2. How did John Ciardi feel about the dropping of the atomic bomb?

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

4. What does Lekachman believe World War II veterans feel about their war experiences?

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

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