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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. Why didn't the American prisoners of war in Germany try to escape?
(a) They were watched every minute.
(b) They were afraid they'd be shot.
(c) They were shackled.
(d) There was nowhere to go.
2. Where was Robert Rasmus when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) Training for the invasion of Japan.
(b) Fighting in the South Pacific.
(c) Fighting in France.
(d) Fighting in Germany.
3. What was as important to Italian Americans as cars to mainstream Americans before WWII, according to Paul Pisicano?
(a) Opera.
(b) Art.
(c) Cuisine.
(d) Fashion.
4. What did the Japanese code of war, Bushido, mean?
(a) No surrender.
(b) Be all you can be.
(c) In it to win it.
(d) Do your best.
5. What does Lekachman believe World War II veterans feel about their war experiences?
(a) They were foolish and frightened then.
(b) They were better and more important then.
(c) They were fortunate then.
(d) They were gullible and deceived then.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Dellie Hahne believe military wives were regarded?
2. What does John Ciardi believe could make anyone savage?
3. What does Jun Kurose say that the Friends Service Committee advised Japanese internees to do?
4. What causes the disease of beriberi, that stops kidney function?
5. Why did Robert Rasmus believe fighting the Russians would fail?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Robert Lekachman and E.B. Sledge feel about their efforts in the war?
2. How does Urusula Bender say the war was different for children?
3. How did Pauline Kael feel about the movies during World War II?
4. How did the war affect college-aged men?
5. Why were civilians unkind to wounded war veterans, according to Betty Hutchinson?
6. Why did E.B. Sledge believe American soldiers in the Pacific had lost all sense of decency?
7. What happened to the Allied prisoners of war in Germany after the war?
8. What did the respondents feel about the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima?
9. How was Peggy Terry's health compromised by her efforts in the war?
10. What was the Japanese code of bushido, and what difference did it make to American fighting men?
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