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

2. Why didn't the American prisoners of war in Germany try to escape?
(a) They were shackled.
(b) They were afraid they'd be shot.
(c) They were watched every minute.
(d) There was nowhere to go.

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

4. Where was Robert Rasmus when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) Fighting in Germany.
(b) Fighting in the South Pacific.
(c) Fighting in France.
(d) Training for the invasion of Japan.

5. Why were the soldiers forbidden to keep diaries?
(a) Families should be protected from sad information.
(b) There would be no time to sit and write.
(c) Diaries found by the enemy could give information.
(d) They were instructed to forget the tragedies they saw.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which college students were drafted earliest, according to Akira Miuri?

3. Why did the soldiers in the Philippines write home, "Cancel the bonds."

4. Why were civilians saving fat during the war?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why were the troops not allowed to keep diaries of their experiences and what effect did that prohibition have?

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

4. How does Peggy Terry feel about war now?

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

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

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

8. How did Dellie Hahne see women's role in the war effort?

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

10. How did Bill Bailey run afoul of the law?

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