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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 most conversations among prisoners of war center around?
(a) Food.
(b) Sports.
(c) Politics.
(d) Sex.

2. 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.

3. Where does Richard Prendergast say the biggest infantrymen are placed?
(a) In the tanks.
(b) On the front line carrying rifles.
(c) Behind the rifles carrying mortars.
(d) In the rear with machine guns.

4. Why did Peter Bezich's son go to prison?
(a) He joined the Communist party.
(b) He tried to assassinate the president.
(c) He burned the flag.
(d) He refused to be drafted.

5. How long was the Bataan Death March?
(a) Forty miles.
(b) Twenty miles.
(c) Sixty miles.
(d) Two hundred miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were thirty-two American servicemen killed after hearing the announcement of Japan's surrender?

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

3. What did Maurice Wilson think when he saw the Japanese war planes over Hawaii?

4. What right for ex-felons did John Abbott win in the Supreme Court?

5. How did American soldiers kill Hawaiian civilians?

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