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

2. Why did American prisoners of war like to trade Red Cross packages with Indian prisoners of war?
(a) The Indians liked American jerky and cookies.
(b) The Indians had fresh produce.
(c) The Indians liked blood sausage.
(d) The Indians did not smoke or eat meat, so traded those items.

3. Where does Richard Prendergast say the lower-ranked person walked with an officer?
(a) Behind.
(b) On the left.
(c) In front.
(d) On the right.

4. What caused Dellie Hahne to begin to distrust her government?
(a) The unkind treatment of war brides.
(b) The change in status of Russia from enemy to ally.
(c) The pressure to marry a soldier.
(d) The ration system.

5. Why did the girls in Panama avoid the officers from the battleship Arkansas?
(a) The enlisted sailors told the girls the officers were married.
(b) The enlisted sailors took all the girls.
(c) The enlisted sailors told the girls the officers were prisoners.
(d) The enlisted sailors told the girls the officers had gonorrhea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why were American soldiers anxious to get points for earning medals?

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

4. What did Walter Rosenblum do during WWII?

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

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