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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 was as important to Italian Americans as cars to mainstream Americans before WWII, according to Paul Pisicano?
(a) Art.
(b) Cuisine.
(c) Opera.
(d) Fashion.

2. What was a Victory Garden?
(a) A military garden.
(b) A communal flower garden.
(c) A communal vegetable garden.
(d) A garden shaped like a V for victory.

3. According to Lee Oremont, why did people splurge on food and liquor during the war?
(a) Consumers were storing those items.
(b) Consumers had good jobs and couldn't get cars or gas.
(c) Consumers wanted to forget their troubles.
(d) Consumers believed there was no future to save for.

4. Why did the soldiers in the Philippines write home, "Cancel the bonds."
(a) They didn't believe in the war.
(b) They thought the war was over.
(c) They didn't want to support MacArthur's excesses.
(d) They didn't think bonds were a good investment.

5. What does Paul Pisicano believe binds American suburbians?
(a) Anti-Jewish sentiment.
(b) Anti-black sentiment.
(c) Anti-German sentiment.
(d) Anti-Italian sentiment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advantage does Alfred Duckett believe the war offered blacks?

2. How did Frank Keegan respond to the bombing of Hiroshima?

3. What did Walter Rosenblum do during WWII?

4. Why were civilians saving fat during the war?

5. What was a shadow box?

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