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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the difference between an Anderson shelter and a Morrison shelter?
(a) The Morrison shelter was indoors; the Anderson shelter was outdoors.
(b) The Anderson shelter was provisioned with food.
(c) The Anderson shelter held twice as many people as a Morrison shelter.
(d) The Anderson shelter was outdoors; the Morrison shelter was in the living room.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did Joseph Levine say that Jewish children begged for after the war?
(a) Food.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Schooling.

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

10. According to Joe Marcus, why are military men sympathetic to business?
(a) Business supports the military.
(b) Military men and businessmen are the same kind of people.
(c) The military relies on business products.
(d) Military men strive to win over businessmen.

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

12. Why does Walter Rosenblum believe war photographers were privileged?
(a) They could live off base.
(b) They had access to army rations.
(c) They had a front row seat for history.
(d) They were popular.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was George Page able to buy beachfront property cheaply during the war?

2. According to Tommy Corcoran why did the Allies partner with Russia against the Axis?

3. According to Alfred Duckett, what bothered black soldiers most?

4. According to James Rowe, why should government rationing not have been employed?

5. What kept Joseph Small from being injured when the barracks in Port Chicago was demolished?

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