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

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

3. What impressed Herman Kogan about the trainees in boot camp?
(a) Their courage.
(b) Their selflessness.
(c) Their patriotism.
(d) Their philosophy of war.

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

5. Why was George Page able to buy beachfront property cheaply during the war?
(a) People had no money to invest.
(b) People weren't interested in buying real estate.
(c) People expected a Japanese invasion.
(d) People were only building in the cities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Joseph Levine say that Jewish children begged for after the war?

2. Why did American prisoners of war like to trade Red Cross packages with Indian prisoners of war?

3. What did British boys learn in the Know Your Enemy program?

4. How was Eddie Slovik punished for desertion?

5. According to Tommy Bridges, why were whites from Georgia more comfortable with black workers than whites from the north were?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What made Sheril Cunning sad about John Wayne war movies?

7. According to Yasuko Dower, what was different about American customs that she observed when the country was occupied by U.S. troops?

8. What does Gobeler think that sailors all over the world have in common?

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

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

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