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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Ray Wax think soldiers in the regular army were inferior?
(a) Many had joined to avoid jail time.
(b) Many were from the South.
(c) Many tested low on IQ tests.
(d) Many were from poor educational backgrounds.

2. According to Tommy Bridges, how were GI rapists and murderers punished?
(a) They were hanged.
(b) They were shot.
(c) They were imprisoned.
(d) They were turned over to the enemy.

3. What is the difference between an Anderson shelter and a Morrison shelter?
(a) The Anderson shelter was outdoors; the Morrison shelter was in the living room.
(b) The Morrison shelter was indoors; the Anderson shelter was outdoors.
(c) The Anderson shelter held twice as many people as a Morrison shelter.
(d) The Anderson shelter was provisioned with food.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bill Mauldin, what did Russia waste after the war?

2. What effect does Richard Leacock claim direct contact with death had upon him?

3. What were newsmen in the OWI not allowed to do?

4. What did Joseph Levine say that Jewish children begged for after the war?

5. How did Galatea Berger remember soldiers smelled in Germany?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the result of Joseph Small's mutiny trial?

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

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

5. What does Sheril Cunning say communal spirit was like during the war?

6. What does Gobeler think that sailors all over the world have in common?

7. Why did the FBI suspect the cartoonist, Milton Caniff?

8. How does Bill Mauldin believe most infantrymen thought the war should be settled?

9. According to John Houseman, why was it important for the Office of War Information to broadcast defeats as well as victories?

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

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