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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tales of the Pacific and The Good Reuben James.

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

2. How many support personnel were behind each rifleman?
(a) Twenty-four.
(b) Two.
(c) Seven.
(d) Nineteen.

3. Why did the Germans want to keep the American prisoners of war out of Allied hands?
(a) They expected the war to go on.
(b) They were remorseful about their mistreatment.
(c) The prisoners were their only bargaining point.
(d) They were afraid of what the prisoners would do in retaliation.

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

5. How did Robert Rasmus feel looking at the faces of the German dead?
(a) They were boys like him.
(b) They didn't seem real.
(c) They were brutish and cruel.
(d) They were an abstraction, not human beings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did E.B. Sledge say the war did to American soldiers?

2. What does Lekachman believe World War II veterans feel about their war experiences?

3. What did Robert Rasmus think when he saw the ambulances arriving on the morning his group was attacking?

4. What unusual food did Ken Hourigan eat in the Philippines?

5. How did Frank Keegan and his high school buddies respond to the invasion of Pearl Harbor?

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