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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through High Rank and The Bombers and the Bombed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dellie Hahne say was the duty of young women during the war?
(a) To dance with soldiers at the USO.
(b) To sew bandages.
(c) To plant victory gardens.
(d) To recycle and conserve energy.

2. Why does Robert Rasmus say he could remember people he knew for a short time many years ago?
(a) His short-term memory is weaker.
(b) They kept in touch over the years.
(c) He looks at the yearbooks from time to time.
(d) The war made everything more memorable.

3. How did Frank Keegan and his high school buddies respond to the invasion of Pearl Harbor?
(a) Waited with guns on the beach.
(b) Waited to be drafted.
(c) Built bomb shelters.
(d) Enlisted in the army.

4. Why didn't the American prisoners of war in Germany try to escape?
(a) There was nowhere to go.
(b) They were afraid they'd be shot.
(c) They were watched every minute.
(d) They were shackled.

5. What does Lekachman believe World War II veterans feel about their war experiences?
(a) They were better and more important then.
(b) They were fortunate then.
(c) They were gullible and deceived then.
(d) They were foolish and frightened then.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Anton Biler join the army?

3. Why were civilians saving fat during the war?

4. Why did the girls in Panama avoid the officers from the battleship Arkansas?

5. What is a PAF?

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