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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rosie, Neighborhood Boys, and Reflections on Machismo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jack Short think the GI bill might have been detrimental in the long run?
(a) People had false expectations for home ownership.
(b) People developed false hopes for education.
(c) People could get money without working for it.
(d) People didn't get paid enough.

2. What did Ted Allenby promise the homosexual soldiers in his chaplaincy?
(a) "I will pave the way for you to stay in the military."
(b) "I will guarantee your veteran's benefits."
(c) "I will pave the way for you to get out of the military."
(d) "I will fight for your civil rights."

3. Under the Geneva Convention, what type of work did prisoners of war not have to do?
(a) Road repair.
(b) Farming.
(c) Spying.
(d) Manufacture of war material.

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

5. What worried Peggy Terry when the tetryl she was working with turned her hair orange?
(a) Other women would think she had dyed her hair.
(b) The toxic ingredients might make her sterile.
(c) The toxic fumes might kill her.
(d) The toxic ingredients might make her sick.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Robert Rasmus think when he saw the ambulances arriving on the morning his group was attacking?

3. Where does Richard Prendergast say the biggest infantrymen are placed?

4. What does Robert Lekachman believe was his salvation in the war?

5. How did Robert Rasmus feel looking at the faces of the German dead?

(see the answer key)

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