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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 surprised Anton Biler about his Japanese overseer in the prison camp?
(a) He spoke English.
(b) He was kind.
(c) He was against the war.
(d) He was from Seattle.

2. What does Lekachman believe World War II veterans feel about their war experiences?
(a) They were better and more important then.
(b) They were fortunate then.
(c) They were gullible and deceived then.
(d) They were foolish and frightened then.

3. How did Frank Keegan respond to the bombing of Hiroshima?
(a) He thought it was horrible because it killed innocent people.
(b) He thought it was unnecessary because they were winning anyway.
(c) He thought it was great because it stopped the war.
(d) He thought it was a miracle because it was new technology.

4. Why does Richard Prendergast say the pillboxes were of no use to the infantrymen?
(a) They faced the wrong way.
(b) The soldiers had to keep marching past them.
(c) They had all been blasted to pieces.
(d) They were hiding places for German infantrymen.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long was the Bataan Death March?

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

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

5. Why didn't the American prisoners of war in Germany try to escape?

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