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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tales of the Pacific and The Good Reuben James.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under the Geneva Convention, what type of work did prisoners of war not have to do?
(a) Road repair.
(b) Manufacture of war material.
(c) Spying.
(d) Farming.

2. Why did Robert Rasmus believe fighting the Russians would fail?
(a) The Russians were better equipped.
(b) The Russians were better fighters.
(c) The Russian generals were better strategists.
(d) The Russians were willing to sacrifice millions of troops.

3. What does Robert Lekachman believe happened for the last time in World War II?
(a) Americans helped other nations.
(b) Americans saw themselves as good.
(c) Americans were patriotic.
(d) Americans hated another nation.

4. What did E.B. Sledge say the war did to American soldiers?
(a) Turned them into savages.
(b) Turned them into cowards.
(c) Turned them into idiots.
(d) Turned them into patriots.

5. Why did the soldiers in the Philippines write home, "Cancel the bonds."
(a) They didn't believe in the war.
(b) They didn't want to support MacArthur's excesses.
(c) They thought the war was over.
(d) They didn't think bonds were a good investment.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many support personnel were behind each rifleman?

2. Where does Richard Prendergast say the lower-ranked person walked with an officer?

3. What does Peter Ota tell us is worse than death in Japanese culture?

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

5. Why did Robert Rasmus believe the Americans should be grateful to the Russians?

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