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

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

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

4. What changes does Admiral Larocque believe WWII caused in American national consciousness?
(a) Planning for war was unavoidable.
(b) Planning for war became permanently institutionalized.
(c) Planning for war was a religious act.
(d) Planning for war was forever to be avoided.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Robert Rasmus say he could remember people he knew for a short time many years ago?

2. How did American soldiers kill Hawaiian civilians?

3. What did people in Paducah burn in a bonfire?

4. What unusual food did Ken Hourigan eat in the Philippines?

5. What was each soldier's ration of cigarettes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Peter Ota say was different about Japanese-American culture before the war?

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

4. How did Akira Miuri feel about Americans during the war?

5. How did the war affect college-aged men?

6. What stereotypes developed in young people's thinking during the war?

7. How did Robert Lekachman and E.B. Sledge feel about their efforts in the war?

8. What was the Japanese code of bushido, and what difference did it make to American fighting men?

9. What was the difference between the fate of Russian prisoners of war and American and British POWs?

10. What are some instances of Americans killing each other by accident, foolishness or carelessness?

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