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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a Victory Garden?

2. Why was Hans Goebler thankful that the Americans took their submarine prisoner?

3. Why was Walter Rosenblum welcomed in French farmhouses during the war?

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

5. Why does Walter Rosenblum believe war photographers were privileged?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why was Eddie Slovik famous?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Hibakisha - survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima - were discriminated against by their own people, as were their children. In your essay, give your opinion as to what causes this kind of reaction to those who have suffered. Support your opinion with material from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Officers often kept the troops in ignorance of their destinations, missions and purposes. Give your opinion as to why this was so, and the result of programmed ignorance on the troops and on the outcome of their efforts.

Essay Topic 3

Many respondents in these accounts expressed the opinion that the ultimate results of the war were basically positive. List and discuss the positive results of the conflict, citing examples from the text.

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