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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 unusual food did Ken Hourigan eat in the Philippines?
(a) Dog.
(b) Horse.
(c) Cat.
(d) Mouse.

2. 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.

3. What is a dogfight?
(a) Two airplanes firing at each other.
(b) Hand-to-hand combat.
(c) Infantry warfare.
(d) Bombing.

4. What was John Abbott's sentence for refusing the draft?
(a) Six months in jail.
(b) Death by firing squad.
(c) Two years in federal prison.
(d) Community service on an Indian reservation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paul Pisicano believe Italian Americans felt about the Axis countries in World War II?

2. What does Jun Kurose say that the Friends Service Committee advised Japanese internees to do?

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

4. Why were civilians saving fat during the war?

5. What does Robert Lekachman believe was his salvation in the war?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Peter Bezich feel bitter about the war?

6. Why did E.B. Sledge believe American soldiers in the Pacific had lost all sense of decency?

7. According to Admiral Gene Larocque, what were the negative long-range effects of WWII within the United States?

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

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

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

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