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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through High Rank and The Bombers and the Bombed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mike Royko believe most U.S. soldiers felt about the Korean conflict?
(a) They wanted to defend South Korea.
(b) They were glad to have their chance to fight.
(c) They wanted to defeat North Korea.
(d) They didn't understand it.

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

3. What did Ted Allenby promise the homosexual soldiers in his chaplaincy?
(a) "I will guarantee your veteran's benefits."
(b) "I will pave the way for you to get out of the military."
(c) "I will fight for your civil rights."
(d) "I will pave the way for you to stay in the military."

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

5. How did Ursula Bender feel about the war as a six-year-old child?
(a) It was a terrifying nightmare.
(b) It was an exciting adventure.
(c) It went by without her notice.
(d) It was a good learning experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul Pisicano believe binds American suburbians?

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

3. Why did Mike Royko spent nights in a pitch-black apartment as a child during the war?

4. Why did Londoners run toward parachuting soldiers?

5. What did Sarah Killingsworth believe the war offered to her and her family?

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