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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 did MacArthur land twice when returning to the Philippines?
(a) For the movie cameras.
(b) He forgot his hat.
(c) He didn't feel well and went back to the ship.
(d) He wanted to be sure everyone saw the landing.

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

3. Why were the soldiers forbidden to keep diaries?
(a) There would be no time to sit and write.
(b) Families should be protected from sad information.
(c) Diaries found by the enemy could give information.
(d) They were instructed to forget the tragedies they saw.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the German soldiers want from the captured Americans that the Americans destroyed?

2. What did John Baker know if he heard an up-and-down howling siren as a child?

3. What was a shadow box?

4. According to Ray Wax, which country produced the toughest soldiers?

5. According to James Rowe, when do Democrats become Republicans?

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