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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Growing Up: Here and There, D-Day and All That, and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did MacArthur land twice when returning to the Philippines?
(a) He forgot his hat.
(b) He wanted to be sure everyone saw the landing.
(c) For the movie cameras.
(d) He didn't feel well and went back to the ship.

2. What effect did John Wayne war movies have on Japanese children living in California, according to Sheril Cunning?
(a) They were confused.
(b) They were thrilled.
(c) They were angry.
(d) They were proud.

3. What did Robert Rasmus think when he saw the ambulances arriving on the morning his group was attacking?
(a) That they were all in it together.
(b) That they would have immediate backup.
(c) That it was inevitable that bad things were about to happen.
(d) That modern medicine was a blessing.

4. What did people in Paducah burn in a bonfire?
(a) Emperor Hirohito's effigy.
(b) All their Japanese products.
(c) Posters of Hitler.
(d) All their German products.

5. What did Jean Wood say was the result of deprivation during the war?
(a) People became demoralized.
(b) People became discouraged.
(c) People became inventive.
(d) People became selfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dr. Drude teach his high school students in Hamburg about the Nazis?

2. What was each soldier's ration of cigarettes?

3. What did Paul Pisicano believe Italian Americans felt about the Axis countries in World War II?

4. How does General William Buster feel about the Vietnam War?

5. How does Robert Rasmus feel about life's problems since the war?

(see the answer key)

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