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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Robert Rasmus believe the Americans should be grateful to the Russians?
(a) The Russians opened the door for the American invasion.
(b) The Russians did the lion's share of the fighting.
(c) The Russians diverted the German army.
(d) The Russians were their comrades and allies.

2. 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.

3. What did the German soldiers want from the captured Americans that the Americans destroyed?
(a) Their machine guns.
(b) Their .45 pistols.
(c) Their mortars.
(d) Their ammunition.

4. How does Robert Rasmus feel about life's problems since the war?
(a) They're all what he was trained to face.
(b) They're all easier to handle because of that experience.
(c) They're all major by comparison.
(d) They're all minor by comparison.

5. What did Admiral Larocque think of the Japanese during the war?
(a) The Japanese were unbeatable.
(b) The Japanese were a lesser species.
(c) The Japanese were a superior race.
(d) The Japanese were wily and clever.

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

7. Why was Peter Bezich ordered to sell his boat?
(a) He was envied by the local Filipinos.
(b) His buddies were jealous.
(c) He was suspected of trying to escape.
(d) He was getting strafed by his own men.

8. What does John Ciardi believe could make anyone savage?
(a) A propaganda barrage.
(b) Uncontrolled anger.
(c) Loyalty to false leadership.
(d) Deprivation and suffering.

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

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

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

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

13. How did the people of Pasadena react to the sight of wounded veterans?
(a) With gifts and offers of help.
(b) With visits to the VA hospitals.
(c) With parades in their honor.
(d) With requests to keep them off the streets.

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

15. What does Robert Lekachman believe happened for the last time in World War II?
(a) Americans hated another nation.
(b) Americans helped other nations.
(c) Americans saw themselves as good.
(d) Americans were patriotic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What worried Peggy Terry when the tetryl she was working with turned her hair orange?

2. Which college students were drafted earliest, according to Akira Miuri?

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

4. How does film critic Pauline Kael feel about the World War II movies?

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

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