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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was a shadow box?
(a) A place to hide during strafing.
(b) A place to show movies.
(c) A place to make movies.
(d) A place to take photos.

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

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 persecuted for their ethnicity.
(c) Her family was anti-Semitic and anti-black.
(d) Her family was anti-Japanese.

6. What does Gloria Gleason say bothered people most about the war?
(a) Waste of resources.
(b) Moral issues.
(c) Rationing.
(d) Loss of life.

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

8. Why did Erich Luth refuse to fire his gun in the German army?
(a) He didn't want a decoration with a swastika on it.
(b) He was afraid to fire.
(c) He was opposed to war.
(d) He was a terrible shot.

9. 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.

10. Why was Walter Rosenblum welcomed in French farmhouses during the war?
(a) He offered protection from looters.
(b) He brought news from the front.
(c) He was an entertaining storyteller.
(d) He had access to army rations.

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

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

13. What was the first English phrase Japanese children learned after the war?
(a) "Panel discussion."
(b) "Merry Christmas to you, too."
(c) "Thank you very much."
(d) "It wasn't my fault."

14. 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) Market forces would have stabilized supply and demand.
(d) Shortages would have created less antagonism.

15. How did the Japanese people feel about the Japanese war veterans?
(a) Grateful.
(b) Worshipful.
(c) Mistrustful.
(d) Resentful.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to Ray Wax, which country produced the toughest soldiers?

4. How does Olga Norwak characterize wartime romance?

5. According to Ray Wax, why did Americans feel good during WWII?

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