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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 did Robert Rasmus think when he saw the ambulances arriving on the morning his group was attacking?
(a) That they were all in it together.
(b) That it was inevitable that bad things were about to happen.
(c) That they would have immediate backup.
(d) That modern medicine was a blessing.

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

3. How did Robert Rasmus feel looking at the faces of the German dead?
(a) They were boys like him.
(b) They were an abstraction, not human beings.
(c) They were brutish and cruel.
(d) They didn't seem real.

4. What did the German soldiers want from the captured Americans that the Americans destroyed?
(a) Their .45 pistols.
(b) Their mortars.
(c) Their machine guns.
(d) Their ammunition.

5. How long did a recruit from another country have to be in the U.S. army to become a citizen?
(a) Two years.
(b) One hundred and eighty days.
(c) Four full years.
(d) Ninety days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was John Garcia brought before a navy court?

2. How did the people of Pasadena react to the sight of wounded veterans?

3. Why were civilians saving fat during the war?

4. How did Frank Keegan respond to the bombing of Hiroshima?

5. Why does Jack Short think the GI bill might have been detrimental in the long run?

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