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

2. What percentage of the marines in the Guadalcanal campaign were under twenty-one years of age?
(a) Twenty percent.
(b) One hundred percent.
(c) Fifty percent.
(d) Eighty percent.

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

4. Why did the Germans want to keep the American prisoners of war out of Allied hands?
(a) They were remorseful about their mistreatment.
(b) They were afraid of what the prisoners would do in retaliation.
(c) They expected the war to go on.
(d) The prisoners were their only bargaining point.

5. What did first-generation Japanese parents mean when they taught their children, gaman?
(a) Enjoy.
(b) Learn.
(c) Understand.
(d) Perservere.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was John Garcia brought before a navy court?

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

3. Why were the soldiers forbidden to keep diaries?

4. How does Robert Rasmus feel about life's problems since the war?

5. How did Frank Keegan respond to the bombing of Hiroshima?

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