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

2. What did Maurice Wilson think when he saw the Japanese war planes over Hawaii?
(a) "Here comes trouble."
(b) "Look what pretty planes we got."
(c) "Today might be my last on earth."
(d) "Makes you proud to be an American."

3. Why did Anton Biler join the army?
(a) To defend his country.
(b) To learn a trade.
(c) To defeat the Nazis.
(d) To get an education.

4. Why did the soldiers in the Philippines write home, "Cancel the bonds."
(a) They didn't want to support MacArthur's excesses.
(b) They didn't think bonds were a good investment.
(c) They didn't believe in the war.
(d) They thought the war was over.

5. Under the Geneva Convention, what type of work did prisoners of war not have to do?
(a) Road repair.
(b) Farming.
(c) Spying.
(d) Manufacture of war material.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul Pisicano believe binds American suburbians?

2. How did Robert Rasmus feel about escaping the Battle of the Bulge because of the flu?

3. What percentage of the marines in the Guadalcanal campaign were under twenty-one years of age?

4. Why did the Japanese overseers get angry if the American prisoners killed a snake?

5. Who attacked Mexican youth in Los Angeles during the Zoot Suit riots?

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