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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 did the soldiers in the Philippines write home, "Cancel the bonds."
(a) They didn't want to support MacArthur's excesses.
(b) They thought the war was over.
(c) They didn't believe in the war.
(d) They didn't think bonds were a good investment.

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

3. Which city suffered the highest death toll from American bombing?
(a) Hiroshima.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Nagasaki.
(d) Dresden.

4. Why didn't the American prisoners of war in Germany try to escape?
(a) There was nowhere to go.
(b) They were afraid they'd be shot.
(c) They were watched every minute.
(d) They were shackled.

5. What did Sarah Killingsworth believe the war offered to her and her family?
(a) Jobs that paid well.
(b) Training.
(c) A path for acceptance in the white world.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual food did Maurice Wilson eat in the Philippines?

2. Why does Robert Rasmus say he could remember people he knew for a short time many years ago?

3. What causes the disease of beriberi, that stops kidney function?

4. What did the German soldiers want from the captured Americans that the Americans destroyed?

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

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