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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sudden Money and The Big Panjandrum.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which college students were drafted earliest, according to Akira Miuri?
(a) Math majors.
(b) Science majors.
(c) Humanities majors.
(d) Music majors.

2. How long was the Bataan Death March?
(a) Sixty miles.
(b) Twenty miles.
(c) Forty miles.
(d) Two hundred miles.

3. Why didn't dehydrated foods sell well after the war?
(a) Fresh produce was more readily available.
(b) Water was scarce.
(c) People were growing their own produce.
(d) Soldiers were tired of dehydrated products.

4. What does Robert Lekachman believe happened for the last time in World War II?
(a) Americans helped other nations.
(b) Americans saw themselves as good.
(c) Americans hated another nation.
(d) Americans were patriotic.

5. What does John Ciardi believe could make anyone savage?
(a) Loyalty to false leadership.
(b) Uncontrolled anger.
(c) Deprivation and suffering.
(d) A propaganda barrage.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Frank Keegan respond to the bombing of Hiroshima?

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

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

4. How was Sheril Cunning's mother's war experience like the New York Stock Exchange?

5. Why were civilians saving fat during the war?

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