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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 did Peter Bezich's son go to prison?
(a) He burned the flag.
(b) He joined the Communist party.
(c) He refused to be drafted.
(d) He tried to assassinate the president.

2. Why did Anton Biler join the army?
(a) To defeat the Nazis.
(b) To get an education.
(c) To defend his country.
(d) To learn a trade.

3. What did Admiral Larocque think of the Japanese during the war?
(a) The Japanese were a lesser species.
(b) The Japanese were a superior race.
(c) The Japanese were unbeatable.
(d) The Japanese were wily and clever.

4. What did soldiers on troop ships understand about their destination, according to General William Buster?
(a) Only where they would spend the first few weeks after landing.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Only where they were landing.
(d) Only what their mission would be upon landing.

5. What worried Peggy Terry when the tetryl she was working with turned her hair orange?
(a) The toxic ingredients might make her sterile.
(b) Other women would think she had dyed her hair.
(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. How did Robert Rasmus feel about escaping the Battle of the Bulge because of the flu?

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

4. Why was John Garcia brought before a navy court?

5. What did the German soldiers want from the captured Americans that the Americans destroyed?

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