2023SuperQuiz 2

How does the author describe what the land and crops look like below from the view of a paratrooper?

• A. a topographic map

• B. a bull's eye

• C. miniature villages

• D. a patchwork quilt

• E. a flag pattern

How many black parachute riggers were in the Army at the time of the Triple Nickles' smokejumping mission?

• A. one

• B. three

• C. nine

• D. fifteen

• E. twenty-four

What committee did President Truman create in December 1946?

• A. NAACP

• B. President's Committee on Civil Rights

• C. Negro Coalition of Military Equality

• D. Equality Commission on Military Expenditures

• E. The Paratroopers Compensation Council

What did Joe Murchinson do to help preserve the history of the Triple Nickles?

• A. He opened museums on all the military bases in which the Triple Nickles served.

• B. He wrote a book, which ended up being invaluable to Tayne Lee Stone's research process.

• C. He fundraised to pay an artist commission to design and create a memorial statue in Washington D.C.

• D. He was a founder of the 555th Parachute Infantry Association.

• E. He placed cans at public locations asking for nickel donations. All funds raised were used for plaques at each original Triple Nickles home.

What did the Triple Nickles have to face after they contained the fires and the regular firefighters arrived on mules?

• A. They had to walk many, many miles out of the forests with all their gear.

• B. They had to clean the ash away from the running water sources.

• C. They had to camp out in case there were additional flare ups.

• D. discrimination from the white firefighters

• E. lack of food when they were not out in the field

What was the codename for the secret mission of fighting the Japanese set fires on American soil?

• A. Burning TumbleWeed

• B. Mission Pacific NorthWest

• C. Operation Firefly

• D. Mission Extinguish

• E. FireFree Operation

What year did the Forest Service begin using smokejumpers to fight fires?

• A. 1845

• B. 1910

• C. 1939

• D. 1941

• E. The text does not mention the year the Forest Service began using this technique

Who are the Buffalo Soldiers?

• A. the first five members of the Triple Nickles

• B. the Native Americans who helped win the Civil War

• C. the African-American regiment in the Civil War

• D. the Native Americans who supported the Triple Nickles

• E. the Native Americans who named the Triple Nickles

Who was the first leader of The Committee for the Participation of Negroes in National Defense?

• A. Rayford W. Logan

• B. Walter White

• C. Harry Truman, before he was president

• D. Fredrick Douglas

• E. Earl F. Peterman

What did Executive Order 8802 do?

• A. prohibited discrimination in employment of workers in the defense industry

• B. prohibited discrimination based on gender

• C. prohibited discrimination in accessing healthcare

• D. ensured college entrance decisions were not based on race

• E. placed Japanese-Americans in internment camps