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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby, Remembrance of Things Past, and Epilogue: Boom Babies and Other New People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was John Garcia brought before a navy court?
(a) He lied about his age to enlist.
(b) He was accused of aiding the enemy.
(c) He refused to go into a burning ship.
(d) He was firing unauthorized ammunition.

2. According to Tommy Bridges, why were whites from Georgia more comfortable with black workers than whites from the north were?
(a) The whites from Georgia had no prejudice.
(b) The whites from Georgia were integrated.
(c) The whites from Georgia had played with blacks as children.
(d) The whites from Georgia didn't believe in color barriers.

3. What did Dr. Drude teach his high school students in Hamburg about the Nazis?
(a) The Nazis were morally correct.
(b) The Nazis were incorruptible.
(c) The Nazis were unconquerable.
(d) The Nazis could be defeated.

4. Why were the Japanese pleased when American officers chose their homes to occupy?
(a) It meant they would get rent payments.
(b) It meant they would have plenty of food.
(c) It meant they would receive reparations.
(d) It meant their homes were superior.

5. What is a PAF?
(a) A publicly aware fascist.
(b) A public anti-fascist.
(c) A political anti-fascist.
(d) A premature anti-fascist - fighting fascism before the U.S. did.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Maurice Wilson think the Filipinos would hide American escapees from the Japanese prison camp?

2. Why were the soldiers forbidden to keep diaries?

3. Who does Bill Mauldin think was the only nice guy among the WWII generals?

4. What right for ex-felons did John Abbott win in the Supreme Court?

5. How did thieves among army personnel fool the MPs?

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