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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were newsmen in the OWI not allowed to do?
(a) Broadcast commentary.
(b) Broadcast news.
(c) Broadcast breaking stories.
(d) Broadcast non-official news.

2. Why were the Japanese pleased when American officers chose their homes to occupy?
(a) It meant they would get rent payments.
(b) It meant they would have plenty of food.
(c) It meant their homes were superior.
(d) It meant they would receive reparations.

3. Who does Bill Mauldin think was the only nice guy among the WWII generals?
(a) Rommel.
(b) Patton.
(c) Goering.
(d) Montgomery.

4. What was a victory girl?
(a) A girl who danced at the USO and wrote letters to soldiers.
(b) A girl who sang with Bob Hope.
(c) A girl who joined the Women's Army Corps.
(d) A military nurse.

5. What kept Herman Kogan from being afraid during the assaults on Sugarloaf Hill?
(a) He was in no danger.
(b) He was too tired to be afraid.
(c) He was unaware of the danger.
(d) He was too intent on getting the story to be afraid.

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

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

8. According to Tommy Bridges, why were whites from Georgia more comfortable with black workers than whites from the north were?
(a) The whites from Georgia were integrated.
(b) The whites from Georgia didn't believe in color barriers.
(c) The whites from Georgia had played with blacks as children.
(d) The whites from Georgia had no prejudice.

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

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

11. What effect does Richard Leacock claim direct contact with death had upon him?
(a) He became sure he would be killed.
(b) He became more fearful of dying.
(c) He became unconcerned about dying.
(d) He became less fearful of dying.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Olga Norwak characterize wartime romance?

2. What does Erich Luth say the German nation lacks?

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

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

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

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