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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. Why does Jack Short think the GI bill might have been detrimental in the long run?
(a) People could get money without working for it.
(b) People developed false hopes for education.
(c) People didn't get paid enough.
(d) People had false expectations for home ownership.

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

3. Why were civilians saving fat during the war?
(a) To make nitroglycerine.
(b) To make salve.
(c) To make soap.
(d) To make lotions.

4. What was John Abbott's sentence for refusing the draft?
(a) Two years in federal prison.
(b) Death by firing squad.
(c) Six months in jail.
(d) Community service on an Indian reservation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did first-generation Japanese parents mean when they taught their children, gaman?

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

3. Why were people in San Francisco panicked after Pearl Harbor, according to Dennis Keegan?

4. Why did the Germans want to keep the American prisoners of war out of Allied hands?

5. What does Paul Pisicano believe binds American suburbians?

(see the answer key)

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