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) His short-term memory is weaker.
(c) They kept in touch over the years.
(d) The war made everything more memorable.

3. What does Robert Lekachman believe happened for the last time in World War II?
(a) Americans were patriotic.
(b) Americans hated another nation.
(c) Americans helped other nations.
(d) Americans saw themselves as good.

4. Why did the soldiers in the Philippines write home, "Cancel the bonds."
(a) They didn't believe in the war.
(b) They didn't think bonds were a good investment.
(c) They thought the war was over.
(d) They didn't want to support MacArthur's excesses.

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

6. What does Lekachman believe World War II veterans feel about their war experiences?
(a) They were foolish and frightened then.
(b) They were gullible and deceived then.
(c) They were fortunate then.
(d) They were better and more important then.

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

8. Why did Londoners run toward parachuting soldiers?
(a) They wanted to arrest the enemy soldiers.
(b) They could use the paracutes to make clothing.
(c) They wanted to assist the Allied soldiers.
(d) They wanted to confiscate their weapons.

9. 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.

10. What percentage of the marines in the Guadalcanal campaign were under twenty-one years of age?
(a) One hundred percent.
(b) Twenty percent.
(c) Fifty percent.
(d) Eighty percent.

11. What worried Peggy Terry when the tetryl she was working with turned her hair orange?
(a) The toxic ingredients might make her sick.
(b) The toxic fumes might kill her.
(c) The toxic ingredients might make her sterile.
(d) Other women would think she had dyed her hair.

12. Why did the Japanese overseers get angry if the American prisoners killed a snake?
(a) They worshipped snakes.
(b) They didn't want prisoners fighting over food.
(c) They liked to eat snake.
(d) They didn't want working prisoners poisoned.

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

14. How did John Ciardi feel about the dropping of the atomic bomb?
(a) He had lost the lottery.
(b) He had won the lottery.
(c) He had regained faith in his country.
(d) He had no further reason to live.

15. Why were thirty-two American servicemen killed after hearing the announcement of Japan's surrender?
(a) Executions for war crimes.
(b) Retaliation from the Hawaiian Japanese.
(c) Collisions caused by drunk driving.
(d) Stray bullets from the celebration.