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

2. What did Paul Pisicano believe Italian Americans felt about the Axis countries in World War II?
(a) Italian Americans were neutral about the war.
(b) Italian Americans were ashamed of Mussolini.
(c) Italian Americans were against Hitler and the Japanese, but not the Italians.
(d) Italian Americans wanted to fight on Italian soil.

3. How did John Kenneth Galbraith say the bombing of Hamburg increased the German war effort?
(a) It destroyed the homes of the most affluent and capable.
(b) The bombing increased anti-Allied sentiments.
(c) Destroying existing buildings made building materials available.
(d) Destroying businesses made workers available for the war plants.

4. What did Betty Hutchinson say WWII veterans told their children about the war?
(a) Patriotic slogans.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Horror stories.
(d) Funny events.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jun Kurose say that the Friends Service Committee advised Japanese internees to do?

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

3. What does Lekachman believe World War II veterans feel about their war experiences?

4. What does Peter Ota tell us is worse than death in Japanese culture?

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

(see the answer key)

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