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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peter Ota tell us is worse than death in Japanese culture?
(a) Fear.
(b) Dishonesty.
(c) Shame.
(d) Unkindness.

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

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

4. Why was John Garcia brought before a navy court?
(a) He refused to go into a burning ship.
(b) He was firing unauthorized ammunition.
(c) He was accused of aiding the enemy.
(d) He lied about his age to enlist.

5. What did first-generation Japanese parents mean when they taught their children, gaman?
(a) Understand.
(b) Enjoy.
(c) Perservere.
(d) Learn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jack Short think the GI bill might have been detrimental in the long run?

2. How did John Ciardi feel about the dropping of the atomic bomb?

3. What did people in Paducah burn in a bonfire?

4. What does Dellie Hahne say was the duty of young women during the war?

5. What did Robert Rasmus think when he saw the ambulances arriving on the morning his group was attacking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What stereotypes developed in young people's thinking during the war?

2. Why does Peter Bezich feel bitter about the war?

3. How were the American prisoners of war treated by the German guards?

4. What are some things that the young men in the war experienced for the first time?

5. How does Sarah Killingsworth feel now about the war?

6. How did Dellie Hahne see women's role in the war effort?

7. What happened to the Allied prisoners of war in Germany after the war?

8. What is the difference between the attitudes of Admiral Gene Larocque and General William Buster?

9. How was Peggy Terry's health compromised by her efforts in the war?

10. How did Betty Hutchinson's feelings about war change over time?

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