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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 first-generation Japanese parents mean when they taught their children, gaman?
(a) Understand.
(b) Learn.
(c) Perservere.
(d) Enjoy.

2. Why didn't the American prisoners of war in Germany try to escape?
(a) There was nowhere to go.
(b) They were watched every minute.
(c) They were shackled.
(d) They were afraid they'd be shot.

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

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

5. Why did the Japanese overseers get angry if the American prisoners killed a snake?
(a) They didn't want working prisoners poisoned.
(b) They worshipped snakes.
(c) They didn't want prisoners fighting over food.
(d) They liked to eat snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did MacArthur land twice when returning to the Philippines?

2. Where was Robert Rasmus when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?

3. Why didn't Maurice Wilson think the Filipinos would hide American escapees from the Japanese prison camp?

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

5. How many support personnel were behind each rifleman?

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