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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who attacked Mexican youth in Los Angeles during the Zoot Suit riots?
(a) Servicemen.
(b) Policemen.
(c) Football players.
(d) High school boys.

2. What black market item was in demand among Russian troops in Vienna in 1945?
(a) Mickey Mouse watches.
(b) Pirated big band music.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Chocolate.

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

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

5. Why did the Germans want to keep the American prisoners of war out of Allied hands?
(a) They were afraid of what the prisoners would do in retaliation.
(b) The prisoners were their only bargaining point.
(c) They were remorseful about their mistreatment.
(d) They expected the war to go on.

6. What does Jun Kurose say that the Friends Service Committee advised Japanese internees to do?
(a) Arm themselves for self-defense.
(b) Go willingly to the camps.
(c) Refuse to leave their homes.
(d) Find attorneys to plead their cause.

7. What causes the disease of beriberi, that stops kidney function?
(a) Lack of protein.
(b) Lack of potassium.
(c) Lack of Vitamin B1.
(d) Lack of Vitamin C.

8. Why did the Japanese overseers get angry if the American prisoners killed a snake?
(a) They liked to eat snake.
(b) They worshipped snakes.
(c) They didn't want working prisoners poisoned.
(d) They didn't want prisoners fighting over food.

9. As soon as Japan surrendered, what did American soldiers do in Japan, according to Akira Miuri?
(a) Pillaged and looted villages.
(b) Drank and partied in the streets.
(c) Distributed food and began rebuilding.
(d) Destroyed homes unnecessarily.

10. What surprised Anton Biler about his Japanese overseer in the prison camp?
(a) He spoke English.
(b) He was against the war.
(c) He was kind.
(d) He was from Seattle.

11. How did Frank Keegan and his high school buddies respond to the invasion of Pearl Harbor?
(a) Waited to be drafted.
(b) Built bomb shelters.
(c) Waited with guns on the beach.
(d) Enlisted in the army.

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

13. Why were people in San Francisco panicked after Pearl Harbor, according to Dennis Keegan?
(a) They believed the Germans would attack them next.
(b) They believed the government would draft all young men.
(c) They believed the Japanese would attack them next.
(d) They believed Japanese spies had infiltrated the city.

14. What is a PAF?
(a) A publicly aware fascist.
(b) A political anti-fascist.
(c) A premature anti-fascist - fighting fascism before the U.S. did.
(d) A public anti-fascist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Betty Hutchinson say WWII veterans told their children about the war?

2. Which city suffered the highest death toll from American bombing?

3. Why does Richard Prendergast say the pillboxes were of no use to the infantrymen?

4. How does General William Buster feel about the Vietnam War?

5. What is a dogfight?

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