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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. According to James Rowe, when do Democrats become Republicans?
(a) When they become poorer.
(b) When they become more foolish.
(c) When they become smarter.
(d) When they become richer.

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

3. What impressed Herman Kogan about the trainees in boot camp?
(a) Their philosophy of war.
(b) Their patriotism.
(c) Their courage.
(d) Their selflessness.

4. How was Eddie Slovik punished for desertion?
(a) He was shot.
(b) He was imprisoned.
(c) He was hanged.
(d) He was turned over to the enemy.

5. What did Robert Rasmus think when he saw the ambulances arriving on the morning his group was attacking?
(a) That they would have immediate backup.
(b) That they were all in it together.
(c) That modern medicine was a blessing.
(d) That it was inevitable that bad things were about to happen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a PAF?

3. Why does Jack Short think the GI bill might have been detrimental in the long run?

4. What did people in Paducah burn in a bonfire?

5. Under the Geneva Convention, what type of work did prisoners of war not have to do?

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