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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. Why were American soldiers anxious to get points for earning medals?
(a) Soldiers wanted to impress their officers.
(b) Soldiers were shipped home in order of accumulated points.
(c) Soldiers wanted to impress their girlfriends.
(d) Soldiers wanted to look good to their buddies.

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

3. What was John Abbott's sentence for refusing the draft?
(a) Death by firing squad.
(b) Two years in federal prison.
(c) Six months in jail.
(d) Community service on an Indian reservation.

4. What does Paul Pisicano believe binds American suburbians?
(a) Anti-German sentiment.
(b) Anti-black sentiment.
(c) Anti-Jewish sentiment.
(d) Anti-Italian sentiment.

5. What did Maurice Wilson think when he saw the Japanese war planes over Hawaii?
(a) "Today might be my last on earth."
(b) "Look what pretty planes we got."
(c) "Makes you proud to be an American."
(d) "Here comes trouble."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Maurice Wilson think the Filipinos would hide American escapees from the Japanese prison camp?

2. Why did the soldiers in the Philippines write home, "Cancel the bonds."

3. What did the British women do with their goods during the war?

4. How did Frank Keegan respond to the bombing of Hiroshima?

5. What did most conversations among prisoners of war center around?

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