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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. Where does Richard Prendergast say the lower-ranked person walked with an officer?
(a) Behind.
(b) In front.
(c) On the right.
(d) On the left.

2. How did the people of Pasadena react to the sight of wounded veterans?
(a) With gifts and offers of help.
(b) With parades in their honor.
(c) With requests to keep them off the streets.
(d) With visits to the VA hospitals.

3. How did American soldiers kill Hawaiian civilians?
(a) Confusing them with Japanese army personnel.
(b) Dropping bombs on Honolulu.
(c) Believing they were Japanese spies.
(d) Firing short-range weapons at Japanese airplanes.

4. What does Paul Pisicano believe binds American suburbians?
(a) Anti-German sentiment.
(b) Anti-Italian sentiment.
(c) Anti-Jewish sentiment.
(d) Anti-black sentiment.

5. What does the classification 4E mean to a soldier?
(a) Premature anti-Fascist.
(b) Conscientious objector.
(c) Unfit for active duty.
(d) Potential Communist.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did first-generation Japanese parents mean when they taught their children, gaman?

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

5. What did Sarah Killingsworth believe the war offered to her and her family?

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