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

2. How does Robert Rasmus feel about life's problems since the war?
(a) They're all what he was trained to face.
(b) They're all major by comparison.
(c) They're all minor by comparison.
(d) They're all easier to handle because of that experience.

3. Why was Peter Bezich ordered to sell his boat?
(a) He was envied by the local Filipinos.
(b) He was getting strafed by his own men.
(c) He was suspected of trying to escape.
(d) His buddies were jealous.

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

5. Why didn't Maurice Wilson think the Filipinos would hide American escapees from the Japanese prison camp?
(a) The Filipinos would turn them in for the reward.
(b) The Filipinos were enemies as well.
(c) The Filipinos hated the Americans.
(d) The Filipinos were afraid of the Japanese.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did MacArthur land twice when returning to the Philippines?

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

4. What does Jun Kurose say that the Friends Service Committee advised Japanese internees to do?

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

(see the answer key)

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