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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. 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 would turn them in for the reward.
(c) The Filipinos were afraid of the Japanese.
(d) The Filipinos hated the Americans.

2. How did Robert Rasmus feel about escaping the Battle of the Bulge because of the flu?
(a) He was relieved.
(b) He was heartbroken.
(c) He was thankful.
(d) He was thrilled.

3. How does Dellie Hahne believe military wives were regarded?
(a) Military wives were venerated.
(b) Military wives were looked down upon.
(c) Military wives were overprotected.
(d) Military wives were physically abused.

4. What was as important to Italian Americans as cars to mainstream Americans before WWII, according to Paul Pisicano?
(a) Opera.
(b) Cuisine.
(c) Fashion.
(d) Art.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the soldiers forbidden to keep diaries?

2. Why were people in San Francisco panicked after Pearl Harbor, according to Dennis Keegan?

3. Who attacked Mexican youth in Los Angeles during the Zoot Suit riots?

4. How did Ursula Bender feel about the war as a six-year-old child?

5. What did most conversations among prisoners of war center around?

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