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

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

3. When did German teenagers in the Luftwaffe study for the flak brigade?
(a) From 11:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
(b) From 2:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
(c) From 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
(d) From 2:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

4. What does Erich Luth say the German nation lacks?
(a) Military courage.
(b) Personal courage.
(c) Civil courage.
(d) Communal courage.

5. What was the OWI?
(a) Obvious War Information.
(b) Official War Information.
(c) Office of War Information.
(d) Outstanding War Information.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John Baker know if he heard an up-and-down howling siren as a child?

2. How was Eddie Slovik punished for desertion?

3. What did Dr. Drude teach his high school students in Hamburg about the Nazis?

4. How did thieves among army personnel fool the MPs?

5. What did the French army do instead of censoring mail?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hans Gobeler believe is the greatest danger to the future of the world?

2. What was George Page's strategy for making money on rentals during the war?

3. How does Bill Mauldin believe most infantrymen thought the war should be settled?

4. What was the result of Joseph Small's mutiny trial?

5. What does Werner Burckhardt believe offers hope for the future of mankind?

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

7. What does Sheril Cunning say communal spirit was like during the war?

8. How were thieves in the army able to fool the MPs, according to Alvin Bridges?

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

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

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