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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. What was each soldier's ration of cigarettes?
(a) A carton a week.
(b) A pack a week.
(c) A pack a day.
(d) A carton a day.

2. Why was Peggy Terry happy during the war?
(a) Shewanted to help defeat Hitler.
(b) She loved her job.
(c) For the first time, she had enough money.
(d) She enjoyed the sense of camaraderie.

3. Where was Robert Rasmus when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) Fighting in the South Pacific.
(b) Fighting in France.
(c) Fighting in Germany.
(d) Training for the invasion of Japan.

4. What did soldiers on troop ships understand about their destination, according to General William Buster?
(a) Only where they were landing.
(b) Only what their mission would be upon landing.
(c) Only where they would spend the first few weeks after landing.
(d) Nothing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Japanese overseers get angry if the American prisoners killed a snake?

2. How did Frank Keegan and his high school buddies respond to the invasion of Pearl Harbor?

3. As soon as Japan surrendered, what did American soldiers do in Japan, according to Akira Miuri?

4. How does Dellie Hahne believe military wives were regarded?

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

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