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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. How does Olga Norwak characterize wartime romance?
(a) It was suspended until after the war.
(b) It moved faster.
(c) It was riskier.
(d) It moved more slowly.

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

3. What did the British women do with their goods during the war?
(a) Hid them.
(b) Hoarded them.
(c) Sold them.
(d) Swapped them.

4. Why does Walter Rosenblum believe war photographers were privileged?
(a) They were popular.
(b) They could live off base.
(c) They had a front row seat for history.
(d) They had access to army rations.

5. Why was Peter Bezich ordered to sell his boat?
(a) He was suspected of trying to escape.
(b) He was getting strafed by his own men.
(c) His buddies were jealous.
(d) He was envied by the local Filipinos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What proportion of the inhabitants of Leningrad died when Hitler's forces laid siege to the city?

2. What did Jean Wood say was the result of deprivation during the war?

3. Why did the Japanese overseers get angry if the American prisoners killed a snake?

4. According to Bill Mauldin, what did Russia waste after the war?

5. According to Tommy Bridges, why were whites from Georgia more comfortable with black workers than whites from the north were?

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