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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 Japanese overseers get angry if the American prisoners killed a snake?
(a) They didn't want prisoners fighting over food.
(b) They didn't want working prisoners poisoned.
(c) They worshipped snakes.
(d) They liked to eat snake.

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

3. Where does Richard Prendergast say the biggest infantrymen are placed?
(a) Behind the rifles carrying mortars.
(b) In the rear with machine guns.
(c) In the tanks.
(d) On the front line carrying rifles.

4. Who attacked Mexican youth in Los Angeles during the Zoot Suit riots?
(a) Football players.
(b) High school boys.
(c) Servicemen.
(d) Policemen.

5. How many support personnel were behind each rifleman?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were American soldiers anxious to get points for earning medals?

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

3. How long was the Bataan Death March?

4. Why did the Germans want to keep the American prisoners of war out of Allied hands?

5. What percentage of the marines in the Guadalcanal campaign were under twenty-one years of age?

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