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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did most conversations among prisoners of war center around?

3. Why didn't the American prisoners of war in Germany try to escape?

4. What does Paul Pisicano believe binds American suburbians?

5. Why did Londoners run toward parachuting soldiers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Peggy Terry feel about war now?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In your essay, discuss the unifying elements that brought Germans and Americans, Japanese and Americans, and other groups together both during and after the war. What factors made these reconciliations possible?

Essay Topic 2

The Hibakisha - survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima - were discriminated against by their own people, as were their children. In your essay, give your opinion as to what causes this kind of reaction to those who have suffered. Support your opinion with material from the text.

Essay Topic 3

The war looked very different to children than it did to adults. Discuss the differences, citing examples from the text.

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