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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 fight for your civil rights."
(c) "I will guarantee your veteran's benefits."
(d) "I will pave the way for you to get out of the military."

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

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

5. How did John Kenneth Galbraith say the bombing of Hamburg increased the German war effort?
(a) It destroyed the homes of the most affluent and capable.
(b) Destroying existing buildings made building materials available.
(c) Destroying businesses made workers available for the war plants.
(d) The bombing increased anti-Allied sentiments.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Admiral Larocque think of the Japanese during the war?

2. Why was John Garcia brought before a navy court?

3. How does Mike Royko believe most U.S. soldiers felt about the Korean conflict?

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

5. Where was Robert Rasmus when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some things that the young men in the war experienced for the first time?

2. What happened to the Allied prisoners of war in Germany after the war?

3. Why were civilians unkind to wounded war veterans, according to Betty Hutchinson?

4. How does Sarah Killingsworth feel now about the war?

5. According to Paul Pisicano, how was WWII different for Italian Americans?

6. How did Pauline Kael feel about the movies during World War II?

7. How does Urusula Bender say the war was different for children?

8. What did the respondents feel about the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima?

9. How were the American prisoners of war treated by the German guards?

10. Why did John Ciardi feel that sports analogies confused soldiers?

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