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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How did Frank Keegan and his high school buddies respond to the invasion of Pearl Harbor?
(a) Built bomb shelters.
(b) Enlisted in the army.
(c) Waited with guns on the beach.
(d) Waited to be drafted.

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

5. What does Dellie Hahne say was the duty of young women during the war?
(a) To plant victory gardens.
(b) To dance with soldiers at the USO.
(c) To recycle and conserve energy.
(d) To sew bandages.

6. What did the British women do with their goods during the war?
(a) Sold them.
(b) Hoarded them.
(c) Hid them.
(d) Swapped them.

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

8. What did people in Paducah burn in a bonfire?
(a) All their German products.
(b) All their Japanese products.
(c) Emperor Hirohito's effigy.
(d) Posters of Hitler.

9. 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 think bonds were a good investment.
(d) They didn't believe in the war.

10. 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.

11. What unusual food did Maurice Wilson eat in the Philippines?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Horses.
(c) Mice.
(d) Cats.

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

13. Why does Robert Rasmus say he could remember people he knew for a short time many years ago?
(a) The war made everything more memorable.
(b) His short-term memory is weaker.
(c) They kept in touch over the years.
(d) He looks at the yearbooks from time to time.

14. Which college students were drafted earliest, according to Akira Miuri?
(a) Science majors.
(b) Music majors.
(c) Math majors.
(d) Humanities majors.

15. What was as important to Italian Americans as cars to mainstream Americans before WWII, according to Paul Pisicano?
(a) Art.
(b) Fashion.
(c) Opera.
(d) Cuisine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Dellie Hahne to begin to distrust her government?

2. How did the people of Pasadena react to the sight of wounded veterans?

3. Why did Londoners run toward parachuting soldiers?

4. Why did MacArthur land twice when returning to the Philippines?

5. Why did Robert Rasmus believe the Americans should be grateful to the Russians?

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