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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 does Lekachman believe World War II veterans feel about their war experiences?
(a) They were better and more important then.
(b) They were gullible and deceived then.
(c) They were foolish and frightened then.
(d) They were fortunate then.

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

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

4. What does Paul Pisicano believe binds American suburbians?
(a) Anti-Jewish sentiment.
(b) Anti-Italian sentiment.
(c) Anti-black sentiment.
(d) Anti-German sentiment.

5. Which college students were drafted earliest, according to Akira Miuri?
(a) Music majors.
(b) Math majors.
(c) Science majors.
(d) Humanities majors.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Frank Keegan and his high school buddies respond to the invasion of Pearl Harbor?

3. What did the German soldiers want from the captured Americans that the Americans destroyed?

4. What is a dogfight?

5. How did Robert Rasmus feel about escaping the Battle of the Bulge because of the flu?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did John Kenneth Galbraith feel about Allied bombing?

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

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

6. How did Betty Hutchinson's feelings about war change over time?

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

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

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

10. What does Anton Bilek believe cost heavy loss of American lives in the Philippines?

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