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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What proportion of the inhabitants of Leningrad died when Hitler's forces laid siege to the city?
(a) One-third.
(b) One-fourth.
(c) One-half.
(d) Two-thirds.

2. What did the French army do instead of censoring mail?
(a) Held it for six months.
(b) Threw it away.
(c) Held it for thirty days.
(d) Held it for two weeks.

3. Why did American prisoners of war like to trade Red Cross packages with Indian prisoners of war?
(a) The Indians had fresh produce.
(b) The Indians did not smoke or eat meat, so traded those items.
(c) The Indians liked blood sausage.
(d) The Indians liked American jerky and cookies.

4. What kept Joseph Small from being injured when the barracks in Port Chicago was demolished?
(a) He was under a desk.
(b) He was in a door jamb.
(c) He was under a bed.
(d) He had a mattress on top of him.

5. According to Ray Wax, why did Americans feel good during WWII?
(a) They were making money.
(b) They were having an adventure.
(c) They were demonstrably the best.
(d) They were doing something worthwhile.

6. What did John Baker know if he heard an up-and-down howling siren as a child?
(a) A ground attack was over.
(b) An air attack was in progress.
(c) A ground attack was imminent.
(d) An air attack was over.

7. Why didn't Henry Hatfield want to broadcast the destruction done to German cities?
(a) He was heartsick at the ruins he observed.
(b) He thought other stories were more compelling.
(c) He didn't think Americans wanted to gloat.
(d) He thought Germany was old news.

8. Who did Jacques Raboud say were the most likely to survive prison camps?
(a) Those who gave up.
(b) Those who planned to survive.
(c) Those who were strongly religious.
(d) Those who had good health.

9. Why was Hans Goebler thankful that the Americans took their submarine prisoner?
(a) He was opposed to the war.
(b) Ninety-seven percent of German submarines did not survive.
(c) He was a believer in democracy.
(d) He was wounded.

10. What racism did Sheril Cunning experience growing up in California?
(a) Her family was persecuted for their ethnicity.
(b) Her family were members of the Ku Klux Klan.
(c) Her family was anti-Semitic and anti-black.
(d) Her family was anti-Japanese.

11. What did British boys learn in the Know Your Enemy program?
(a) Aircraft recognition.
(b) Fascist philosophy.
(c) Weapon recognition.
(d) German language.

12. Why didn't dehydrated foods sell well after the war?
(a) Fresh produce was more readily available.
(b) People were growing their own produce.
(c) Soldiers were tired of dehydrated products.
(d) Water was scarce.

13. What were the two big top secret projects?
(a) The Manhattan Project and the Arctic Circle Project.
(b) The D-Day Project and the V-J Day Project.
(c) The Antarctic Project and the Los Alamos Project.
(d) The China Project and the Brooklyn Project.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a Victory Garden?

2. Why was Walter Rosenblum welcomed in French farmhouses during the war?

3. Why was Joseph Small tried for mutiny?

4. According to Lee Oremont, what effect did price controls during the war have on the economy?

5. How did the Japanese people feel about the Japanese war veterans?

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