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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 was a victory girl?
(a) A girl who danced at the USO and wrote letters to soldiers.
(b) A girl who joined the Women's Army Corps.
(c) A military nurse.
(d) A girl who sang with Bob Hope.

2. What causes the disease of beriberi, that stops kidney function?
(a) Lack of Vitamin B1.
(b) Lack of potassium.
(c) Lack of protein.
(d) Lack of Vitamin C.

3. Why were civilians saving fat during the war?
(a) To make soap.
(b) To make salve.
(c) To make nitroglycerine.
(d) To make lotions.

4. What is a thirteen-week wonder?
(a) A product of Officers' Candidate School.
(b) A soldier who completed boot camp training.
(c) A soldier discharged for poor health.
(d) A new recruit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did John Ciardi feel about the dropping of the atomic bomb?

2. According to Ray Wax, which country produced the toughest soldiers?

3. How did Galatea Berger remember soldiers smelled in Germany?

4. Why did Anton Biler join the army?

5. What did Jean Wood say happened to British morals during the war?

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