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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rosie, Neighborhood Boys, and Reflections on Machismo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was John Abbott's sentence for refusing the draft?
(a) Two years in federal prison.
(b) Six months in jail.
(c) Community service on an Indian reservation.
(d) Death by firing squad.

2. What did the Japanese code of war, Bushido, mean?
(a) In it to win it.
(b) Do your best.
(c) Be all you can be.
(d) No surrender.

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

4. How did American soldiers kill Hawaiian civilians?
(a) Dropping bombs on Honolulu.
(b) Confusing them with Japanese army personnel.
(c) Believing they were Japanese spies.
(d) Firing short-range weapons at Japanese airplanes.

5. How does film critic Pauline Kael feel about the World War II movies?
(a) They were beautiful.
(b) They were propaganda.
(c) They were a great support to the public.
(d) They were harshly realistic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did first-generation Japanese parents mean when they taught their children, gaman?

3. What unusual food did Maurice Wilson eat in the Philippines?

4. Why did Mike Royko spent nights in a pitch-black apartment as a child during the war?

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

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