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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. What did the Japanese code of war, Bushido, mean?
(a) In it to win it.
(b) Do your best.
(c) No surrender.
(d) Be all you can be.

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

3. Why were American soldiers anxious to get points for earning medals?
(a) Soldiers wanted to impress their girlfriends.
(b) Soldiers were shipped home in order of accumulated points.
(c) Soldiers wanted to look good to their buddies.
(d) Soldiers wanted to impress their officers.

4. How did American soldiers kill Hawaiian civilians?
(a) Believing they were Japanese spies.
(b) Confusing them with Japanese army personnel.
(c) Firing short-range weapons at Japanese airplanes.
(d) Dropping bombs on Honolulu.

5. Why did Robert Rasmus believe fighting the Russians would fail?
(a) The Russians were better equipped.
(b) The Russians were willing to sacrifice millions of troops.
(c) The Russians were better fighters.
(d) The Russian generals were better strategists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Maurice Wilson think when he saw the Japanese war planes over Hawaii?

2. What was each soldier's ration of cigarettes?

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

4. What surprised Anton Biler about his Japanese overseer in the prison camp?

5. Why does Robert Rasmus say he could remember people he knew for a short time many years ago?

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