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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rosie, Neighborhood Boys, and Reflections on Machismo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Germans want to keep the American prisoners of war out of Allied hands?
(a) They were remorseful about their mistreatment.
(b) The prisoners were their only bargaining point.
(c) They were afraid of what the prisoners would do in retaliation.
(d) They expected the war to go on.

2. Why were people in San Francisco panicked after Pearl Harbor, according to Dennis Keegan?
(a) They believed Japanese spies had infiltrated the city.
(b) They believed the Japanese would attack them next.
(c) They believed the government would draft all young men.
(d) They believed the Germans would attack them next.

3. What surprised Anton Biler about his Japanese overseer in the prison camp?
(a) He was against the war.
(b) He was kind.
(c) He was from Seattle.
(d) He spoke English.

4. What did Maurice Wilson think when he saw the Japanese war planes over Hawaii?
(a) "Look what pretty planes we got."
(b) "Here comes trouble."
(c) "Today might be my last on earth."
(d) "Makes you proud to be an American."

5. What was John Abbott's sentence for refusing the draft?
(a) Death by firing squad.
(b) Community service on an Indian reservation.
(c) Two years in federal prison.
(d) Six months in jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Frank Keegan and his high school buddies respond to the invasion of Pearl Harbor?

2. Why does Jack Short think the GI bill might have been detrimental in the long run?

3. What did the German soldiers want from the captured Americans that the Americans destroyed?

4. What caused Dellie Hahne to begin to distrust her government?

5. Why didn't Maurice Wilson think the Filipinos would hide American escapees from the Japanese prison camp?

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