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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through High Rank and The Bombers and the Bombed.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Frank Keegan and his high school buddies respond to the invasion of Pearl Harbor?
(a) Waited to be drafted.
(b) Waited with guns on the beach.
(c) Built bomb shelters.
(d) Enlisted in the army.

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

4. Why did Robert Rasmus believe fighting the Russians would fail?
(a) The Russian generals were better strategists.
(b) The Russians were willing to sacrifice millions of troops.
(c) The Russians were better equipped.
(d) The Russians were better fighters.

5. What did E.B. Sledge say the war did to American soldiers?
(a) Turned them into patriots.
(b) Turned them into idiots.
(c) Turned them into cowards.
(d) Turned them into savages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Betty Hutchinson say WWII veterans told their children about the war?

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

3. How long did a recruit from another country have to be in the U.S. army to become a citizen?

4. Why were civilians saving fat during the war?

5. How does Dellie Hahne believe military wives were regarded?

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