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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Crime and Punishment, A Turning Point, and Chilly Winds..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Robert Lekachman believe was his salvation in the war?
(a) His lack of ability kept him out of OCS.
(b) His physical weakness kept him out of the infantry.
(c) His poor eyesight kept him out of gunnery school.
(d) His skill with strategy made him an officer.

2. What did most conversations among prisoners of war center around?
(a) Food.
(b) Sports.
(c) Sex.
(d) Politics.

3. What did British boys learn in the Know Your Enemy program?
(a) Aircraft recognition.
(b) Fascist philosophy.
(c) Weapon recognition.
(d) German language.

4. What did the German soldiers want from the captured Americans that the Americans destroyed?
(a) Their machine guns.
(b) Their .45 pistols.
(c) Their mortars.
(d) Their ammunition.

5. What is a dogfight?
(a) Bombing.
(b) Hand-to-hand combat.
(c) Two airplanes firing at each other.
(d) Infantry warfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did soldiers on troop ships understand about their destination, according to General William Buster?

2. How did Frank Keegan and his high school buddies respond to the invasion of Pearl Harbor?

3. How did Ursula Bender feel about the war as a six-year-old child?

4. What did Joseph Levine say that Jewish children begged for after the war?

5. What does John Ciardi believe could make anyone savage?

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