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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. What causes the disease of beriberi, that stops kidney function?
(a) Lack of protein.
(b) Lack of potassium.
(c) Lack of Vitamin C.
(d) Lack of Vitamin B1.

2. What unusual food did Maurice Wilson eat in the Philippines?
(a) Cats.
(b) Mice.
(c) Horses.
(d) Dogs.

3. Under the Geneva Convention, what type of work did prisoners of war not have to do?
(a) Road repair.
(b) Spying.
(c) Farming.
(d) Manufacture of war material.

4. How does Robert Rasmus feel about life's problems since the war?
(a) They're all what he was trained to face.
(b) They're all major by comparison.
(c) They're all minor by comparison.
(d) They're all easier to handle because of that experience.

5. What did the Japanese code of war, Bushido, mean?
(a) In it to win it.
(b) Be all you can be.
(c) No surrender.
(d) Do your best.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't the American prisoners of war in Germany try to escape?

2. How did Frank Keegan respond to the bombing of Hiroshima?

3. How did Robert Rasmus feel looking at the faces of the German dead?

4. Why did Robert Rasmus believe the Americans should be grateful to the Russians?

5. Why were thirty-two American servicemen killed after hearing the announcement of Japan's surrender?

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