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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 unusual food did Ken Hourigan eat in the Philippines?
(a) Mouse.
(b) Cat.
(c) Dog.
(d) Horse.

2. What surprised Anton Biler about his Japanese overseer in the prison camp?
(a) He was kind.
(b) He was against the war.
(c) He was from Seattle.
(d) He spoke English.

3. What does Robert Lekachman believe happened for the last time in World War II?
(a) Americans saw themselves as good.
(b) Americans hated another nation.
(c) Americans helped other nations.
(d) Americans were patriotic.

4. How does Mike Royko believe most U.S. soldiers felt about the Korean conflict?
(a) They wanted to defeat North Korea.
(b) They wanted to defend South Korea.
(c) They didn't understand it.
(d) They were glad to have their chance to fight.

5. How did John Kenneth Galbraith say the bombing of Hamburg increased the German war effort?
(a) The bombing increased anti-Allied sentiments.
(b) Destroying businesses made workers available for the war plants.
(c) Destroying existing buildings made building materials available.
(d) It destroyed the homes of the most affluent and capable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did E.B. Sledge say the war did to American soldiers?

2. Why does Richard Prendergast say the pillboxes were of no use to the infantrymen?

3. Why were civilians saving fat during the war?

4. What does the classification 4E mean to a soldier?

5. Why did Londoners run toward parachuting soldiers?

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