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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. Why did Mike Royko spent nights in a pitch-black apartment as a child during the war?
(a) The government cut off electricity.
(b) Chicago was under attack.
(c) The air raid wardens called for blackouts.
(d) His parents were too poor to pay for electricity.

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

3. Why should John Houseman not have been allowed to broadcast on the Voice of America?
(a) He was a German national.
(b) He was an enemy alien.
(c) He was a Socialist.
(d) He was a Communist.

4. Why were thirty-two American servicemen killed after hearing the announcement of Japan's surrender?
(a) Executions for war crimes.
(b) Stray bullets from the celebration.
(c) Collisions caused by drunk driving.
(d) Retaliation from the Hawaiian Japanese.

5. According to Joe Marcus, why are military men sympathetic to business?
(a) Business supports the military.
(b) Military men and businessmen are the same kind of people.
(c) The military relies on business products.
(d) Military men strive to win over businessmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Richard Leacock think was better about the army than Harvard?

2. What did the French army do instead of censoring mail?

3. What did Sarah Killingsworth believe the war offered to her and her family?

4. What is a PAF?

5. What changes does Admiral Larocque believe WWII caused in American national consciousness?

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