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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 biggest infantrymen are placed?
(a) In the rear with machine guns.
(b) In the tanks.
(c) On the front line carrying rifles.
(d) Behind the rifles carrying mortars.

2. What does Jun Kurose say that the Friends Service Committee advised Japanese internees to do?
(a) Refuse to leave their homes.
(b) Find attorneys to plead their cause.
(c) Arm themselves for self-defense.
(d) Go willingly to the camps.

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

4. Where was Robert Rasmus when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) Fighting in France.
(b) Training for the invasion of Japan.
(c) Fighting in Germany.
(d) Fighting in the South Pacific.

5. Why did Mike Royko spent nights in a pitch-black apartment as a child during the war?
(a) The government cut off electricity.
(b) His parents were too poor to pay for electricity.
(c) The air raid wardens called for blackouts.
(d) Chicago was under attack.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was John Garcia brought before a navy court?

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

4. What did the Japanese code of war, Bushido, mean?

5. What right for ex-felons did John Abbott win in the Supreme Court?

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