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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Sheril Cunning's mother's war experience like the New York Stock Exchange?
(a) Neighbors traded coupons for commodities.
(b) Neighbors bet on the outcome of battles.
(c) Neighbors bought war bonds together.
(d) Neighbors gambled on commodities futures.

2. According to James Rowe, why should government rationing not have been employed?
(a) Shortages might not have occured.
(b) People were willing to go without.
(c) Shortages would have created less antagonism.
(d) Market forces would have stabilized supply and demand.

3. What advantage does Alfred Duckett believe the war offered blacks?
(a) A chance to prove themselves.
(b) Training.
(c) Insurance.
(d) Income.

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

5. How many soldiers were killed when the ammunition dump at Port Chicago blew up?
(a) Fifty-seven.
(b) Three hundred and twenty.
(c) Five hundred.
(d) Two hundred.

6. What did Richard Leacock think was better about the army than Harvard?
(a) The army was more democratic than Harvard.
(b) The army was more useful than Harvard.
(c) The army was more rigorous than Harvard.
(d) The army was more educational than Harvard.

7. What was Battle Fatigue called during World War I?
(a) Shell shock.
(b) Post-traumatic stress disorder.
(c) Attention deficit disorder.
(d) Restless leg syndrome.

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

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

10. What two ethnic groups does Charlie Miller believe have a "natural hatred" for each other?
(a) Russians and Americans.
(b) Germans and Japanese.
(c) Americans and Japanese.
(d) Russians and Germans.

11. Why was Joseph Small tried for mutiny?
(a) He started a riot at Port Chicago.
(b) He persuaded other men to refuse to work.
(c) He started the explosion at Port Chicago.
(d) He refused to return to duty after the explosion at Port Chicago.

12. According to Lee Oremont, why did people splurge on food and liquor during the war?
(a) Consumers believed there was no future to save for.
(b) Consumers wanted to forget their troubles.
(c) Consumers had good jobs and couldn't get cars or gas.
(d) Consumers were storing those items.

13. 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.

14. What is a thirteen-week wonder?
(a) A soldier discharged for poor health.
(b) A soldier who completed boot camp training.
(c) A product of Officers' Candidate School.
(d) A new recruit.

15. What effect did John Wayne war movies have on Japanese children living in California, according to Sheril Cunning?
(a) They were proud.
(b) They were confused.
(c) They were angry.
(d) They were thrilled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dr. Drude teach his high school students in Hamburg about the Nazis?

2. How did Galatea Berger remember soldiers smelled in Germany?

3. How did Yasuko Kurachi Dower believe most Japanese civilians felt about the war?

4. According to Joe Marcus, why are military men sympathetic to business?

5. Why did Ray Wax think soldiers in the regular army were inferior?

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