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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sudden Money and The Big Panjandrum.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dr. Drude teach his high school students in Hamburg about the Nazis?
(a) The Nazis were morally correct.
(b) The Nazis could be defeated.
(c) The Nazis were unconquerable.
(d) The Nazis were incorruptible.

2. Why did Londoners run toward parachuting soldiers?
(a) They could use the paracutes to make clothing.
(b) They wanted to arrest the enemy soldiers.
(c) They wanted to confiscate their weapons.
(d) They wanted to assist the Allied soldiers.

3. Why does Richard Prendergast say the pillboxes were of no use to the infantrymen?
(a) They were hiding places for German infantrymen.
(b) They faced the wrong way.
(c) They had all been blasted to pieces.
(d) The soldiers had to keep marching past them.

4. According to Tommy Corcoran why did the Allies partner with Russia against the Axis?
(a) To prevent a Cold War.
(b) Because Russians were superior fighters.
(c) To save France.
(d) To prevent Hitler from overrunning Britain.

5. What did Sarah Killingsworth believe the war offered to her and her family?
(a) Jobs that paid well.
(b) Education.
(c) Training.
(d) A path for acceptance in the white world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was each soldier's ration of cigarettes?

2. What is the difference between an Anderson shelter and a Morrison shelter?

3. As soon as Japan surrendered, what did American soldiers do in Japan, according to Akira Miuri?

4. What right for ex-felons did John Abbott win in the Supreme Court?

5. According to James Rowe, why should government rationing not have been employed?

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