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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was Peggy Terry happy during the war?
(a) She loved her job.
(b) Shewanted to help defeat Hitler.
(c) For the first time, she had enough money.
(d) She enjoyed the sense of camaraderie.

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

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

5. How does General William Buster feel about the Vietnam War?
(a) He thinks it was unnecessary.
(b) He thinks it was useless.
(c) He thinks it was heroic.
(d) He thinks it was necessary.

6. What is a dogfight?
(a) Hand-to-hand combat.
(b) Infantry warfare.
(c) Bombing.
(d) Two airplanes firing at each other.

7. As soon as Japan surrendered, what did American soldiers do in Japan, according to Akira Miuri?
(a) Drank and partied in the streets.
(b) Distributed food and began rebuilding.
(c) Pillaged and looted villages.
(d) Destroyed homes unnecessarily.

8. What did Jean Wood say was the result of deprivation during the war?
(a) People became discouraged.
(b) People became inventive.
(c) People became selfish.
(d) People became demoralized.

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

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

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

12. How does Dellie Hahne believe military wives were regarded?
(a) Military wives were looked down upon.
(b) Military wives were overprotected.
(c) Military wives were venerated.
(d) Military wives were physically abused.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many support personnel were behind each rifleman?

2. Which city suffered the highest death toll from American bombing?

3. What did the Japanese code of war, Bushido, mean?

4. What did Ted Allenby promise the homosexual soldiers in his chaplaincy?

5. Where does Richard Prendergast say the biggest infantrymen are placed?

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