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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IX, Sunset Gun, pgs. 454-628.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Arthur MacArthur, Jr. marry?
(a) Mary Pinky Hardy.
(b) Carrie Stephenson.
(c) Janice Morton.
(d) Eleanor Carlisle.

2. What were "Sherman carpets"?
(a) U.S. Sherman tanks.
(b) Tank drivers.
(c) A type of shag carpet favored by General Sherman.
(d) Japanese children who were suicide tank bombers.

3. Why did Americans at home during World War II have trouble following the war in the Pacific?
(a) They were ignorant of its geography.
(b) Television had not yet been invented.
(c) No reporters were allowed near the war.
(d) There was poor radio reception from that area.

4. With which branch of the military did MacArthur have conflict during the war in the Pacific?
(a) The Marines.
(b) The Coast Guard.
(c) The Navy.
(d) The Air Force.

5. Who was Ah Cheu?
(a) A Filipino guerilla leader.
(b) The Cantonese amah or nanny of MacArthur's son.
(c) A Japanese general.
(d) MacArthur's Japanese girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Japanese think an invasion of their homeland was impossible?

2. When was Douglas MacArthur born?

3. Who was MacArthur's greatest friend and confidante during the war, the person with whom he spent as much time as possible?

4. What piece of equipment did MacArthur refuse to carry during World War I, resulting in his injury?

5. When the South Koreans sustained heavy losses at Yalu, troops from which nation were identified as having helped the North Koreans in battle?

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