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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the classification 4E mean to a soldier?
(a) Potential Communist.
(b) Conscientious objector.
(c) Unfit for active duty.
(d) Premature anti-Fascist.

2. How did Ursula Bender feel about the war as a six-year-old child?
(a) It was a terrifying nightmare.
(b) It went by without her notice.
(c) It was an exciting adventure.
(d) It was a good learning experience.

3. Why were civilians saving fat during the war?
(a) To make salve.
(b) To make lotions.
(c) To make soap.
(d) To make nitroglycerine.

4. What is a dogfight?
(a) Hand-to-hand combat.
(b) Two airplanes firing at each other.
(c) Infantry warfare.
(d) Bombing.

5. Why were thirty-two American servicemen killed after hearing the announcement of Japan's surrender?
(a) Collisions caused by drunk driving.
(b) Executions for war crimes.
(c) Stray bullets from the celebration.
(d) Retaliation from the Hawaiian Japanese.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did John Kenneth Galbraith say the bombing of Hamburg increased the German war effort?

2. What changes does Admiral Larocque believe WWII caused in American national consciousness?

3. Why does Jack Short think the GI bill might have been detrimental in the long run?

4. How did Robert Rasmus feel looking at the faces of the German dead?

5. Who attacked Mexican youth in Los Angeles during the Zoot Suit riots?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did John Kenneth Galbraith feel about Allied bombing?

2. According to Admiral Gene Larocque, what were the negative long-range effects of WWII within the United States?

3. How did Bill Bailey run afoul of the law?

4. Why were civilians unkind to wounded war veterans, according to Betty Hutchinson?

5. How were the American prisoners of war treated by the German guards?

6. How did Dellie Hahne see women's role in the war effort?

7. Why were the troops not allowed to keep diaries of their experiences and what effect did that prohibition have?

8. How was Peggy Terry's health compromised by her efforts in the war?

9. How does Sarah Killingsworth feel now about the war?

10. How does Urusula Bender say the war was different for children?

(see the answer keys)

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