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

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

3. How did Yasuko Kurachi Dower believe most Japanese civilians felt about the war?
(a) Resigned.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Confused.
(d) Enthusiastic.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Tommy Bridges, how were GI rapists and murderers punished?

3. According to Tommy Corcoran, why did Britain decide to fight Japan?

4. What was Battle Fatigue called during World War I?

5. What is the difference between an Anderson shelter and a Morrison shelter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why was Eddie Slovik famous?

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

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

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

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

10. According to John Houseman, why was it important for the Office of War Information to broadcast defeats as well as victories?

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