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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. Why didn't dehydrated foods sell well after the war?
(a) Soldiers were tired of dehydrated products.
(b) People were growing their own produce.
(c) Fresh produce was more readily available.
(d) Water was scarce.

2. What does Jun Kurose say that the Friends Service Committee advised Japanese internees to do?
(a) Arm themselves for self-defense.
(b) Find attorneys to plead their cause.
(c) Refuse to leave their homes.
(d) Go willingly to the camps.

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

4. 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) The soldiers had to keep marching past them.
(d) They had all been blasted to pieces.

5. Why was George Page able to buy beachfront property cheaply during the war?
(a) People had no money to invest.
(b) People expected a Japanese invasion.
(c) People weren't interested in buying real estate.
(d) People were only building in the cities.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the people of Pasadena react to the sight of wounded veterans?

2. According to Lee Oremont, what effect did price controls during the war have on the economy?

3. Why did Londoners run toward parachuting soldiers?

4. How does Dellie Hahne believe military wives were regarded?

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

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