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

2. 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.

3. According to Lee Oremont, what effect did price controls during the war have on the economy?
(a) Price controls nearly destroyed the economy.
(b) Price controls made producers dependent.
(c) Price controls prevented a devastating inflation.
(d) Price controls made consumers over-confident.

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

5. What did Richard Leacock say was his worst memory of WWII?
(a) The bombing.
(b) The loss of friends.
(c) The terrible food.
(d) The army film about venereal disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Olga Norwak characterize wartime romance?

2. Why didn't Henry Hatfield want to broadcast the destruction done to German cities?

3. Why didn't dehydrated foods sell well after the war?

4. What was the OWI?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ray Wax feel about his participation in the war?

2. What does George Oremont say was required to make money during the war?

3. How did Galatea Berger say the Third Reich was recorded in her school history classes?

4. What happened to the city children from London who were shipped to safer areas in the country during the war, according to John Baker?

5. What do Elsie Rossio and Georgia Gleason agree about when discussing the war?

6. How did Lowell Steward say the war affected the status of blacks in the United States?

7. Why does Jacques Raboud believe it will be difficult for his generation to erase hatred?

8. Why did the FBI suspect the cartoonist, Milton Caniff?

9. According to Tommy Corcoran, what was Joseph Kennedy's strategy for the war?

10. According to Lowell Steward, what was the status of the black Tuskegee flying squadron?

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