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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ted Allenby promise the homosexual soldiers in his chaplaincy?
(a) "I will pave the way for you to get out of the military."
(b) "I will pave the way for you to stay in the military."
(c) "I will fight for your civil rights."
(d) "I will guarantee your veteran's benefits."

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

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

4. What does Jun Kurose say that the Friends Service Committee advised Japanese internees to do?
(a) Find attorneys to plead their cause.
(b) Go willingly to the camps.
(c) Refuse to leave their homes.
(d) Arm themselves for self-defense.

5. How long was the Bataan Death March?
(a) Two hundred miles.
(b) Twenty miles.
(c) Forty miles.
(d) Sixty miles.

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

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

8. 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) One hundred and eighty days.
(c) Two years.
(d) Ninety days.

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

10. What did Maurice Wilson think when he saw the Japanese war planes over Hawaii?
(a) "Today might be my last on earth."
(b) "Look what pretty planes we got."
(c) "Here comes trouble."
(d) "Makes you proud to be an American."

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

12. What did the Japanese code of war, Bushido, mean?
(a) Be all you can be.
(b) Do your best.
(c) No surrender.
(d) In it to win it.

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

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

15. Why did Mike Royko spent nights in a pitch-black apartment as a child during the war?
(a) Chicago was under attack.
(b) His parents were too poor to pay for electricity.
(c) The government cut off electricity.
(d) The air raid wardens called for blackouts.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Betty Hutchinson say WWII veterans told their children about the war?

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

5. How did Robert Rasmus feel looking at the faces of the German dead?

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