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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 does Robert Rasmus say he could remember people he knew for a short time many years ago?
(a) The war made everything more memorable.
(b) He looks at the yearbooks from time to time.
(c) His short-term memory is weaker.
(d) They kept in touch over the years.

2. Under the Geneva Convention, what type of work did prisoners of war not have to do?
(a) Road repair.
(b) Manufacture of war material.
(c) Spying.
(d) Farming.

3. Why did the soldiers in the Philippines write home, "Cancel the bonds."
(a) They didn't think bonds were a good investment.
(b) They didn't want to support MacArthur's excesses.
(c) They thought the war was over.
(d) They didn't believe in the war.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Richard Prendergast say the pillboxes were of no use to the infantrymen?

3. Why did Peter Bezich's son go to prison?

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

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

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