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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. Why did Ray Wax think soldiers in the regular army were inferior?

2. What was the first English phrase Japanese children learned after the war?

3. According to James Rowe, why should government rationing not have been employed?

4. According to Ray Wax, which country produced the toughest soldiers?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Eddie Slovik famous?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Lowell Steward say the war affected the status of blacks in the United States?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Entertainment was thought by many to be as important to an effective fighting force as nutrition and weapons. Discuss the importance of entertainment, and its effect on the troops during the war.

Essay Topic 2

The author ends the accounts with conversations with children about the long-term effects of the bomb on the children's views about the world and the future. In your paper, discuss the difference the existence of the bomb has made in young people's attitudes about life.

Essay Topic 3

Several respondents in this book refer to conflicts within the U.S. that were brought forward and/or resolved during the war. In your essay, discuss those conflicts - how they came about and how they were affected by the war.

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