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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Robert Rasmus think when he saw the ambulances arriving on the morning his group was attacking?
(a) That modern medicine was a blessing.
(b) That they were all in it together.
(c) That it was inevitable that bad things were about to happen.
(d) That they would have immediate backup.

2. What does Peter Ota tell us is worse than death in Japanese culture?
(a) Dishonesty.
(b) Fear.
(c) Shame.
(d) Unkindness.

3. How did Frank Keegan respond to the bombing of Hiroshima?
(a) He thought it was a miracle because it was new technology.
(b) He thought it was horrible because it killed innocent people.
(c) He thought it was great because it stopped the war.
(d) He thought it was unnecessary because they were winning anyway.

4. What did Jean Wood say happened to British morals during the war?
(a) They disappeared.
(b) They were compromised.
(c) They improved.
(d) They disintegrated.

5. What does Paul Pisicano believe binds American suburbians?
(a) Anti-Italian sentiment.
(b) Anti-Jewish sentiment.
(c) Anti-black sentiment.
(d) Anti-German sentiment.

6. Why did MacArthur land twice when returning to the Philippines?
(a) For the movie cameras.
(b) He wanted to be sure everyone saw the landing.
(c) He forgot his hat.
(d) He didn't feel well and went back to the ship.

7. Why were American soldiers anxious to get points for earning medals?
(a) Soldiers wanted to impress their girlfriends.
(b) Soldiers wanted to look good to their buddies.
(c) Soldiers were shipped home in order of accumulated points.
(d) Soldiers wanted to impress their officers.

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

9. How does film critic Pauline Kael feel about the World War II movies?
(a) They were a great support to the public.
(b) They were beautiful.
(c) They were propaganda.
(d) They were harshly realistic.

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

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

12. What did most conversations among prisoners of war center around?
(a) Food.
(b) Politics.
(c) Sports.
(d) Sex.

13. What was John Abbott's sentence for refusing the draft?
(a) Community service on an Indian reservation.
(b) Six months in jail.
(c) Two years in federal prison.
(d) Death by firing squad.

14. Why were civilians saving fat during the war?
(a) To make salve.
(b) To make lotions.
(c) To make nitroglycerine.
(d) To make soap.

15. Why did Peter Bezich's son go to prison?
(a) He refused to be drafted.
(b) He joined the Communist party.
(c) He tried to assassinate the president.
(d) He burned the flag.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Maurice Wilson think the Filipinos would hide American escapees from the Japanese prison camp?

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

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

4. What unusual food did Ken Hourigan eat in the Philippines?

5. How long was the Bataan Death March?

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