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

2. What was the OWI?
(a) Official War Information.
(b) Obvious War Information.
(c) Outstanding War Information.
(d) Office of War Information.

3. Why was George Page able to buy beachfront property cheaply during the war?
(a) People weren't interested in buying real estate.
(b) People had no money to invest.
(c) People expected a Japanese invasion.
(d) People were only building in the cities.

4. How was Joseph Small released from the service?
(a) He was given a discharge under dishonorable conditions.
(b) He was given an honorable discharge.
(c) He was given a dishonorable discharge.
(d) He was given a discharge under honorable conditions.

5. According to Bill Mauldin, what did Russia waste after the war?
(a) Food and supplies.
(b) The lives of their soldiers.
(c) American good will.
(d) British support.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ray Wax, why did Americans feel good during WWII?

2. According to Henry Hatfield, how was a German spy who claimed to be from Brooklyn revealed?

3. What is the difference between an Anderson shelter and a Morrison shelter?

4. What was a shadow box?

5. What were the two big top secret projects?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do Elsie Rossio and Georgia Gleason agree about when discussing the war?

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

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

6. According to Tommy Corcoran, what was Joseph Kennedy's strategy for the war?

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

8. According to Lowell Steward, what was the status of the black Tuskegee flying squadron?

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

10. According to Colonel Gleed, how did the study made by the War Department in 1925 affect the black community?

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