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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tales of the Pacific and The Good Reuben James.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Frank Keegan respond to the bombing of Hiroshima?
(a) He thought it was horrible because it killed innocent people.
(b) He thought it was a miracle because it was new technology.
(c) He thought it was great because it stopped the war.
(d) He thought it was unnecessary because they were winning anyway.

2. Why does Robert Rasmus say he could remember people he knew for a short time many years ago?
(a) He looks at the yearbooks from time to time.
(b) They kept in touch over the years.
(c) His short-term memory is weaker.
(d) The war made everything more memorable.

3. Why does Richard Prendergast say the pillboxes were of no use to the infantrymen?
(a) They were hiding places for German infantrymen.
(b) They had all been blasted to pieces.
(c) They faced the wrong way.
(d) The soldiers had to keep marching past them.

4. Why did Peter Bezich's son go to prison?
(a) He refused to be drafted.
(b) He tried to assassinate the president.
(c) He burned the flag.
(d) He joined the Communist party.

5. Why did Anton Biler join the army?
(a) To defeat the Nazis.
(b) To get an education.
(c) To learn a trade.
(d) To defend his country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual food did Ken Hourigan eat in the Philippines?

2. Where does Richard Prendergast say the biggest infantrymen are placed?

3. What does Lekachman believe World War II veterans feel about their war experiences?

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

5. What percentage of the marines in the Guadalcanal campaign were under twenty-one years of age?

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