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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 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 Japanese would attack them next.
(c) They believed Japanese spies had infiltrated the city.
(d) They believed the government would draft all young men.

2. Why were the soldiers forbidden to keep diaries?
(a) They were instructed to forget the tragedies they saw.
(b) There would be no time to sit and write.
(c) Families should be protected from sad information.
(d) Diaries found by the enemy could give information.

3. What percentage of the marines in the Guadalcanal campaign were under twenty-one years of age?
(a) Eighty percent.
(b) Twenty percent.
(c) Fifty percent.
(d) One hundred percent.

4. Why was John Garcia brought before a navy court?
(a) He lied about his age to enlist.
(b) He was accused of aiding the enemy.
(c) He refused to go into a burning ship.
(d) He was firing unauthorized ammunition.

5. What does Robert Lekachman believe was his salvation in the war?
(a) His lack of ability kept him out of OCS.
(b) His physical weakness kept him out of the infantry.
(c) His poor eyesight kept him out of gunnery school.
(d) His skill with strategy made him an officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Peter Bezich's son go to prison?

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

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

4. Why was Peggy Terry happy during the war?

5. What does Dellie Hahne say was the duty of young women during the war?

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