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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Crime and Punishment, A Turning Point, and Chilly Winds..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was George Page able to buy beachfront property cheaply during the war?
(a) People weren't interested in buying real estate.
(b) People were only building in the cities.
(c) People expected a Japanese invasion.
(d) People had no money to invest.

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

3. Why didn't Henry Hatfield want to broadcast the destruction done to German cities?
(a) He was heartsick at the ruins he observed.
(b) He didn't think Americans wanted to gloat.
(c) He thought Germany was old news.
(d) He thought other stories were more compelling.

4. 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.

5. Where was Robert Rasmus when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) Fighting in Germany.
(b) Training for the invasion of Japan.
(c) Fighting in France.
(d) Fighting in the South Pacific.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kept Herman Kogan from being afraid during the assaults on Sugarloaf Hill?

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

3. How did Robert Rasmus feel looking at the faces of the German dead?

4. Why did Erich Luth refuse to fire his gun in the German army?

5. Why were thirty-two American servicemen killed after hearing the announcement of Japan's surrender?

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