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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. How did Ursula Bender feel about the war as a six-year-old child?
(a) It was a good learning experience.
(b) It went by without her notice.
(c) It was an exciting adventure.
(d) It was a terrifying nightmare.

2. How does Dellie Hahne believe military wives were regarded?
(a) Military wives were venerated.
(b) Military wives were overprotected.
(c) Military wives were physically abused.
(d) Military wives were looked down upon.

3. What did Maurice Wilson think when he saw the Japanese war planes over Hawaii?
(a) "Here comes trouble."
(b) "Makes you proud to be an American."
(c) "Today might be my last on earth."
(d) "Look what pretty planes we got."

4. What did Sarah Killingsworth believe the war offered to her and her family?
(a) Training.
(b) Education.
(c) A path for acceptance in the white world.
(d) Jobs that paid well.

5. How does Mike Royko believe most U.S. soldiers felt about the Korean conflict?
(a) They wanted to defend South Korea.
(b) They wanted to defeat North Korea.
(c) They didn't understand it.
(d) They were glad to have their chance to fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of the marines in the Guadalcanal campaign were under twenty-one years of age?

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

3. Why were American soldiers anxious to get points for earning medals?

4. Why didn't Maurice Wilson think the Filipinos would hide American escapees from the Japanese prison camp?

5. What was as important to Italian Americans as cars to mainstream Americans before WWII, according to Paul Pisicano?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did E.B. Sledge believe American soldiers in the Pacific had lost all sense of decency?

2. According to Paul Pisicano, how was WWII different for Italian Americans?

3. What was the difference between the fate of Russian prisoners of war and American and British POWs?

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

5. According to Admiral Gene Larocque, what were the negative long-range effects of WWII within the United States?

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

7. How does Urusula Bender say the war was different for children?

8. How did Pauline Kael feel about the movies during World War II?

9. Why did John Ciardi feel that sports analogies confused soldiers?

10. How did Robert Lekachman and E.B. Sledge feel about their efforts in the war?

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