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Home Front Quickquiz

 

 You have 60 seconds to answer true or false to the questions below:

1. Children were evacuated from the countryside to the towns.
2. Everyone had to carry a gas mask.
3. There were food shortages because supply ships were torpedoed.
4. Men, women and children were given ration books for food.
5. Bananas and oranges were easily obtainable
6. Clothing was rationed from the beginning of the war.
7. Women who worked on farms were called Land Girls.
8. Women who worked in factories were paid more than men.
9. The Home Guard was formed because there was fear of invasion
10. Most of the men in the Home Guard were over 40.

 

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