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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 a shadow box?
(a) A place to make movies.
(b) A place to show movies.
(c) A place to hide during strafing.
(d) A place to take photos.

2. According to Tommy Bridges, why were whites from Georgia more comfortable with black workers than whites from the north were?
(a) The whites from Georgia were integrated.
(b) The whites from Georgia had no prejudice.
(c) The whites from Georgia had played with blacks as children.
(d) The whites from Georgia didn't believe in color barriers.

3. What kept Joseph Small from being injured when the barracks in Port Chicago was demolished?
(a) He was in a door jamb.
(b) He was under a desk.
(c) He was under a bed.
(d) He had a mattress on top of him.

4. According to James Rowe, why should government rationing not have been employed?
(a) Shortages would have created less antagonism.
(b) People were willing to go without.
(c) Shortages might not have occured.
(d) Market forces would have stabilized supply and demand.

5. How was Eddie Slovik punished for desertion?
(a) He was turned over to the enemy.
(b) He was imprisoned.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He was hanged.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lee Oremont, why did people splurge on food and liquor during the war?

2. Why was Joseph Small tried for mutiny?

3. Why should John Houseman not have been allowed to broadcast on the Voice of America?

4. Who does Bill Mauldin think was the only nice guy among the WWII generals?

5. According to Joe Marcus, why are military men sympathetic to business?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to John Kenneth Galbraith, what was ironic about the consumption of consumer goods during the war?

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

3. Why was Eddie Slovik famous?

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

5. According to Colonel Gleed, how did the study made by the War Department in 1925 affect the black community?

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

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

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

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

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

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