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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rosie, Neighborhood Boys, and Reflections on Machismo.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jun Kurose say that the Friends Service Committee advised Japanese internees to do?
(a) Find attorneys to plead their cause.
(b) Go willingly to the camps.
(c) Arm themselves for self-defense.
(d) Refuse to leave their homes.

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

4. What unusual food did Ken Hourigan eat in the Philippines?
(a) Dog.
(b) Horse.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Cat.

5. What worried Peggy Terry when the tetryl she was working with turned her hair orange?
(a) The toxic fumes might kill her.
(b) Other women would think she had dyed her hair.
(c) The toxic ingredients might make her sterile.
(d) The toxic ingredients might make her sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprised Anton Biler about his Japanese overseer in the prison camp?

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

3. What does the classification 4E mean to a soldier?

4. What does Dellie Hahne say was the duty of young women during the war?

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

(see the answer key)

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