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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 black market item was in demand among Russian troops in Vienna in 1945?
(a) Pirated big band music.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Mickey Mouse watches.
(d) Cigarettes.

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

3. What does Lekachman believe World War II veterans feel about their war experiences?
(a) They were foolish and frightened then.
(b) They were fortunate then.
(c) They were better and more important then.
(d) They were gullible and deceived then.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Peter Ota tell us is worse than death in Japanese culture?

3. Where does Richard Prendergast say the biggest infantrymen are placed?

4. How long did a recruit from another country have to be in the U.S. army to become a citizen?

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

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