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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 causes the disease of beriberi, that stops kidney function?
(a) Lack of protein.
(b) Lack of Vitamin C.
(c) Lack of Vitamin B1.
(d) Lack of potassium.

2. How long was the Bataan Death March?
(a) Two hundred miles.
(b) Twenty miles.
(c) Forty miles.
(d) Sixty miles.

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

4. How did Frank Keegan and his high school buddies respond to the invasion of Pearl Harbor?
(a) Waited with guns on the beach.
(b) Waited to be drafted.
(c) Enlisted in the army.
(d) Built bomb shelters.

5. What did E.B. Sledge say the war did to American soldiers?
(a) Turned them into idiots.
(b) Turned them into patriots.
(c) Turned them into savages.
(d) Turned them into cowards.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why did the soldiers in the Philippines write home, "Cancel the bonds."

4. Why did the Germans want to keep the American prisoners of war out of Allied hands?

5. Why did Anton Biler join the army?

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