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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flying High and Up Front with Pen, Camera, and Mike.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What racism did Sheril Cunning experience growing up in California?
(a) Her family was anti-Semitic and anti-black.
(b) Her family were members of the Ku Klux Klan.
(c) Her family was anti-Japanese.
(d) Her family was persecuted for their ethnicity.

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

3. What was a victory girl?
(a) A military nurse.
(b) A girl who joined the Women's Army Corps.
(c) A girl who sang with Bob Hope.
(d) A girl who danced at the USO and wrote letters to soldiers.

4. What black market item was in demand among Russian troops in Vienna in 1945?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Mickey Mouse watches.
(c) Pirated big band music.
(d) Cigarettes.

5. What did Richard Leacock say was his worst memory of WWII?
(a) The bombing.
(b) The terrible food.
(c) The army film about venereal disease.
(d) The loss of friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What right for ex-felons did John Abbott win in the Supreme Court?

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

3. Why were the Japanese pleased when American officers chose their homes to occupy?

4. What caused Dellie Hahne to begin to distrust her government?

5. How did the Japanese people feel about the Japanese war veterans?

(see the answer key)

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