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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. According to Lee Oremont, what effect did price controls during the war have on the economy?
(a) Price controls prevented a devastating inflation.
(b) Price controls made producers dependent.
(c) Price controls nearly destroyed the economy.
(d) Price controls made consumers over-confident.

2. Where was Robert Rasmus when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) Fighting in France.
(b) Training for the invasion of Japan.
(c) Fighting in Germany.
(d) Fighting in the South Pacific.

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

4. What is a PAF?
(a) A political anti-fascist.
(b) A public anti-fascist.
(c) A publicly aware fascist.
(d) A premature anti-fascist - fighting fascism before the U.S. did.

5. Why did Peter Bezich's son go to prison?
(a) He tried to assassinate the president.
(b) He burned the flag.
(c) He joined the Communist party.
(d) He refused to be drafted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect did John Wayne war movies have on Japanese children living in California, according to Sheril Cunning?

2. Which college students were drafted earliest, according to Akira Miuri?

3. How long did a recruit from another country have to be in the U.S. army to become a citizen?

4. What was each soldier's ration of cigarettes?

5. What kept Joseph Small from being injured when the barracks in Port Chicago was demolished?

(see the answer key)

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