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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why were the soldiers forbidden to keep diaries?
(a) Families should be protected from sad information.
(b) They were instructed to forget the tragedies they saw.
(c) Diaries found by the enemy could give information.
(d) There would be no time to sit and write.

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

4. Why was John Garcia brought before a navy court?
(a) He lied about his age to enlist.
(b) He was accused of aiding the enemy.
(c) He refused to go into a burning ship.
(d) He was firing unauthorized ammunition.

5. What worried Peggy Terry when the tetryl she was working with turned her hair orange?
(a) The toxic ingredients might make her sick.
(b) The toxic fumes might kill her.
(c) The toxic ingredients might make her sterile.
(d) Other women would think she had dyed her hair.

6. What caused Dellie Hahne to begin to distrust her government?
(a) The unkind treatment of war brides.
(b) The pressure to marry a soldier.
(c) The ration system.
(d) The change in status of Russia from enemy to ally.

7. What surprised Anton Biler about his Japanese overseer in the prison camp?
(a) He was against the war.
(b) He spoke English.
(c) He was kind.
(d) He was from Seattle.

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

9. How long did a recruit from another country have to be in the U.S. army to become a citizen?
(a) Four full years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Ninety days.
(d) One hundred and eighty days.

10. What did E.B. Sledge say the war did to American soldiers?
(a) Turned them into cowards.
(b) Turned them into savages.
(c) Turned them into idiots.
(d) Turned them into patriots.

11. 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.

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

13. Why did Anton Biler join the army?
(a) To defend his country.
(b) To learn a trade.
(c) To get an education.
(d) To defeat the Nazis.

14. What does Robert Lekachman believe was his salvation in the war?
(a) His lack of ability kept him out of OCS.
(b) His poor eyesight kept him out of gunnery school.
(c) His skill with strategy made him an officer.
(d) His physical weakness kept him out of the infantry.

15. How did Robert Rasmus feel about escaping the Battle of the Bulge because of the flu?
(a) He was relieved.
(b) He was thrilled.
(c) He was heartbroken.
(d) He was thankful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John Ciardi believe could make anyone savage?

2. Why did Mike Royko spent nights in a pitch-black apartment as a child during the war?

3. What did Paul Pisicano believe Italian Americans felt about the Axis countries in World War II?

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

5. Where does Richard Prendergast say the lower-ranked person walked with an officer?

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