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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Crime and Punishment, A Turning Point, and Chilly Winds..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Walter Rosenblum do during WWII?
(a) He was a brigade commander.
(b) He was a Voice of America reporter.
(c) He was a combat photographer.
(d) He was a flautist in the army band.

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

3. Why does Walter Rosenblum believe war photographers were privileged?
(a) They had a front row seat for history.
(b) They were popular.
(c) They had access to army rations.
(d) They could live off base.

4. Why did the Japanese overseers get angry if the American prisoners killed a snake?
(a) They didn't want prisoners fighting over food.
(b) They didn't want working prisoners poisoned.
(c) They worshipped snakes.
(d) They liked to eat snake.

5. How did John Kenneth Galbraith say the bombing of Hamburg increased the German war effort?
(a) It destroyed the homes of the most affluent and capable.
(b) Destroying businesses made workers available for the war plants.
(c) The bombing increased anti-Allied sentiments.
(d) Destroying existing buildings made building materials available.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Tommy Bridges, why were whites from Georgia more comfortable with black workers than whites from the north were?

2. What impressed Herman Kogan about the trainees in boot camp?

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

4. How was Joseph Small released from the service?

5. Which college students were drafted earliest, according to Akira Miuri?

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