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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

6. Why did the Japanese overseers get angry if the American prisoners killed a snake?
(a) They liked to eat snake.
(b) They worshipped snakes.
(c) They didn't want prisoners fighting over food.
(d) They didn't want working prisoners poisoned.

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

8. Why were people in San Francisco panicked after Pearl Harbor, according to Dennis Keegan?
(a) They believed Japanese spies had infiltrated the city.
(b) They believed the government would draft all young men.
(c) They believed the Germans would attack them next.
(d) They believed the Japanese would attack them next.

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

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

11. How did John Ciardi feel about the dropping of the atomic bomb?
(a) He had no further reason to live.
(b) He had won the lottery.
(c) He had regained faith in his country.
(d) He had lost the lottery.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Londoners run toward parachuting soldiers?

2. How many support personnel were behind each rifleman?

3. How long did a recruit from another country have to be in the U.S. army to become a citizen?

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

5. How did Frank Keegan respond to the bombing of Hiroshima?

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