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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Galatea Berger remember soldiers smelled in Germany?
(a) Soldiers smelled unwashed and unpleasant.
(b) Soldiers smelled like cigarettes, gum, and chocolates.
(c) Soldiers smelled like alcohol and tobacco.
(d) Soldiers smelled like gunpowder.

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

3. Who does Jacques Rabou believe could be persuaded to follow another Hitler?
(a) Germans.
(b) Anyone.
(c) Those who feel vengeful.
(d) Ignorant people.

4. According to Henry Hatfield, how was a German spy who claimed to be from Brooklyn revealed?
(a) He didn't know who the mayor of New York was.
(b) He didn't speak English.
(c) He didn't know who the Brooklyn Dodgers were.
(d) He didn't know The Star-Spangled Banner.

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

6. How was Joseph Small released from the service?
(a) He was given a discharge under honorable conditions.
(b) He was given a dishonorable discharge.
(c) He was given an honorable discharge.
(d) He was given a discharge under dishonorable conditions.

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

8. According to Tommy Corcoran, why did Britain decide to fight Japan?
(a) They were already mobilized against Hitler.
(b) British interests in the Far East were imperiled.
(c) They were outraged by Pearl Harbor.
(d) They were supporting their ally, China.

9. What was a Victory Garden?
(a) A garden shaped like a V for victory.
(b) A military garden.
(c) A communal flower garden.
(d) A communal vegetable garden.

10. Why should John Houseman not have been allowed to broadcast on the Voice of America?
(a) He was a Socialist.
(b) He was a Communist.
(c) He was an enemy alien.
(d) He was a German national.

11. Why did Ray Wax think soldiers in the regular army were inferior?
(a) Many had joined to avoid jail time.
(b) Many tested low on IQ tests.
(c) Many were from poor educational backgrounds.
(d) Many were from the South.

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

13. After the war, how did the community in Long Beach change, according to Sheril Cunning?
(a) People welcomed the returning soldiers.
(b) People pulled together to rebuild.
(c) People were tired of sacrifice and began to complain.
(d) People were proud to sacrifice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did American soldiers do on the streets of Japan that was considered bad manners?

2. What proportion of the inhabitants of Leningrad died when Hitler's forces laid siege to the city?

3. According to Tommy Corcoran, how did Germany support their propaganda machine?

4. What did Joseph Levine say that Jewish children begged for after the war?

5. How does Olga Norwak characterize wartime romance?

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