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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Acknowledgments, who does Chang say first told her about the Rape of Nanking?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Her grandparents.
(c) A teacher.
(d) An aunt.

2. In 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) begins trials in Tokyo. How long do those trials last?
(a) Six and a half years.
(b) Four months.
(c) Two and a half years.
(d) One year.

3. Chang's book was helped along by her editor, a woman by the name of what?
(a) Nancy Tong.
(b) Susan Rabiner.
(c) Barbara Masin.
(d) Martha Begemann.

4. Which of the following individuals is the director of the Japanese environmental agency who comments that Japan never intended to be aggressive and is forced to retract the statement in "The Forgotten Holocaust"?
(a) General Nagano Shigeto.
(b) Sakurai Shin.
(c) Okuno Seisuki.
(d) Fujio Masayuki.

5. Ono Kenji has co-edited a book on the Nanking massacre, the first work to be based completely on Japanese sources. During what year is the book published?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1978.
(c) 2004.
(d) 1989.

6. Which of Chang's friends freely donated her time to help translate a good deal of source material?
(a) Barbara Masin.
(b) Susan Rabiner.
(c) Martha Begemann.
(d) Nancy Tong.

7. At the end of "The Forgotten Holocaust," Azuma Shiro becomes the first Japanese veteran to apologize for his role in Nanking. During what year does this occur?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1949.

8. In "What the World Knew," Chang presents diary or letter responses to the Japanese propaganda from all BUT WHICH of the following individuals?
(a) Lewis Smythe.
(b) George Fitch.
(c) James McCallum.
(d) Minnie Vautrin.

9. What is the mood in Japan in response to Nanking's defeat in the early days of the occupation?
(a) Proud.
(b) Disinterested.
(c) Horrified.
(d) Amused.

10. Chang's parents provided all BUT WHICH of the following assistance during the writing of this book?
(a) Reading drafts.
(b) Translating documents.
(c) Offering advice.
(d) Correcting information.

11. To what number is the population of northern China reduced after the terror campaign in 1941?
(a) 44 million.
(b) 105 million.
(c) 16 million.
(d) 25 million.

12. Japanese soldiers break into Nanking University Hospital after the massacre and steal all BUT WHICH of the following from nurses?
(a) Flashlights.
(b) Medications.
(c) Pens.
(d) Wristwatches.

13. By what time during 1938 does "The Occupation of Nanking" say the massacre is over?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

14. One of the diary writers in "What the World Knew" is able to take several reels of film and smuggle them out of Nanking on which date?
(a) January 19.
(b) November 26.
(c) March 20.
(d) December 16.

15. Which of the following American correspondents does Chang NOT mention in the "What the World Knew" chapter?
(a) C. Yates McDaniel.
(b) Martha Ella Gellhorn.
(c) Frank Tillman Durdin.
(d) Archibald Steele.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Forgotten Holocaust," during what year do Japanese textbook screeners demand that authors eliminate all reference to the number of Chinese killed?

2. After John Rabe's death, his family finally publishes his diary. It is covered by world media on what date?

3. George Fitch's daughter states that her father is so traumatized after the Rape of Nanking that what frequently occurs?

4. "Judgment Day" states that the IMTFE is able to prosecute how many Japanese military and political officials?

5. Which of the following individuals holds several government positions and is forced to resign after stating that Japan was not an aggressor during "The Forgotten Holocaust"?

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