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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Dellie Hahne to begin to distrust her government?
(a) The pressure to marry a soldier.
(b) The ration system.
(c) The unkind treatment of war brides.
(d) The change in status of Russia from enemy to ally.

2. What worried Peggy Terry when the tetryl she was working with turned her hair orange?
(a) The toxic ingredients might make her sick.
(b) The toxic fumes might kill her.
(c) Other women would think she had dyed her hair.
(d) The toxic ingredients might make her sterile.

3. How does film critic Pauline Kael feel about the World War II movies?
(a) They were beautiful.
(b) They were harshly realistic.
(c) They were propaganda.
(d) They were a great support to the public.

4. What changes does Admiral Larocque believe WWII caused in American national consciousness?
(a) Planning for war was unavoidable.
(b) Planning for war was a religious act.
(c) Planning for war was forever to be avoided.
(d) Planning for war became permanently institutionalized.

5. How many support personnel were behind each rifleman?
(a) Twenty-four.
(b) Two.
(c) Seven.
(d) Nineteen.

6. As soon as Japan surrendered, what did American soldiers do in Japan, according to Akira Miuri?
(a) Pillaged and looted villages.
(b) Drank and partied in the streets.
(c) Destroyed homes unnecessarily.
(d) Distributed food and began rebuilding.

7. What did the Japanese code of war, Bushido, mean?
(a) In it to win it.
(b) Be all you can be.
(c) No surrender.
(d) Do your best.

8. How did John Kenneth Galbraith say the bombing of Hamburg increased the German war effort?
(a) It destroyed the homes of the most affluent and capable.
(b) Destroying existing buildings made building materials available.
(c) The bombing increased anti-Allied sentiments.
(d) Destroying businesses made workers available for the war plants.

9. Why does Richard Prendergast say the pillboxes were of no use to the infantrymen?
(a) They faced the wrong way.
(b) They had all been blasted to pieces.
(c) The soldiers had to keep marching past them.
(d) They were hiding places for German infantrymen.

10. What unusual food did Ken Hourigan eat in the Philippines?
(a) Mouse.
(b) Cat.
(c) Dog.
(d) Horse.

11. What did first-generation Japanese parents mean when they taught their children, gaman?
(a) Understand.
(b) Learn.
(c) Perservere.
(d) Enjoy.

12. Why were civilians saving fat during the war?
(a) To make nitroglycerine.
(b) To make soap.
(c) To make salve.
(d) To make lotions.

13. Why didn't the American prisoners of war in Germany try to escape?
(a) They were afraid they'd be shot.
(b) They were shackled.
(c) There was nowhere to go.
(d) They were watched every minute.

14. How long was the Bataan Death March?
(a) Twenty miles.
(b) Two hundred miles.
(c) Forty miles.
(d) Sixty miles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Londoners run toward parachuting soldiers?

2. Why did Peter Bezich's son go to prison?

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

4. What did Paul Pisicano believe Italian Americans felt about the Axis countries in World War II?

5. Why did the soldiers in the Philippines write home, "Cancel the bonds."

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