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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. What is the difference between an Anderson shelter and a Morrison shelter?
(a) The Anderson shelter was provisioned with food.
(b) The Morrison shelter was indoors; the Anderson shelter was outdoors.
(c) The Anderson shelter was outdoors; the Morrison shelter was in the living room.
(d) The Anderson shelter held twice as many people as a Morrison shelter.

2. What did E.B. Sledge say the war did to American soldiers?
(a) Turned them into savages.
(b) Turned them into cowards.
(c) Turned them into idiots.
(d) Turned them into patriots.

3. How did Frank Keegan respond to the bombing of Hiroshima?
(a) He thought it was unnecessary because they were winning anyway.
(b) He thought it was great because it stopped the war.
(c) He thought it was a miracle because it was new technology.
(d) He thought it was horrible because it killed innocent people.

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

5. What does John Ciardi believe could make anyone savage?
(a) A propaganda barrage.
(b) Deprivation and suffering.
(c) Loyalty to false leadership.
(d) Uncontrolled anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lee Oremont, why did people splurge on food and liquor during the war?

2. Who does Bill Mauldin think was the only nice guy among the WWII generals?

3. How did Galatea Berger remember soldiers smelled in Germany?

4. What did Goebler see for the first time when the Americans rescued the German submarine crew?

5. What percentage of the marines in the Guadalcanal campaign were under twenty-one years of age?

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