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Show Food Quiz Covers Basic War Issues How much do you know about the war weapon you have right in your home the FOOD you eat? See how well you can answer the food quiz below. You'll find the answers an-swers elsewhere on this page. Count 10 for each correct one. (Three choices are given for each answer. Underline the one you think is correct.) . 1. Compared with the average of prewar years (1935-39), food production produc-tion in 1943 is about , (one-fourth less; the same; one-third more) . 2. Compared with prewar, the total - -" I amount of food set aside for U. S. civilians in 1943 is (one-fourth less; about the same; one-third more). 3. Of the total food supply this year, we are sending our Allies through lend-lease about (one-tenth; (one-tenth; one-fourth; one-half). 4. Most of the food we send to Russia goes to (women and children; the army; war workers). 5. Our fighting men abroad require re-quire a food reserve of about (five days; two weeks; nine months). 6. Compared with the average civilian, ci-vilian, an American soldier eats (one-fourth more; 1 times as much; three times as much). 7. About of our food supply is wasted or lost every year (one-tenth; (one-tenth; one-fourth; one-half). 8. Keeping down food costs is important im-portant for everyone, but particularly particu-larly for the million people whose incomes have not increased during the war. (1; 8; 12; 20). 9. One big reason for food price control is that the American people as a whole have to spend than there are things to buy (much more; much less). 10. You can share food fairly through rationing if you (use the right number of your own stamps; give expired stamps to your grocer; buy rationed goods without giving up stamps). |