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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. Who attacked Mexican youth in Los Angeles during the Zoot Suit riots?

2. How does film critic Pauline Kael feel about the World War II movies?

3. Where does Richard Prendergast say the biggest infantrymen are placed?

4. Which city suffered the highest death toll from American bombing?

5. What does the classification 4E mean to a soldier?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Peggy Terry feel about war now?

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

4. What is the difference between the attitudes of Admiral Gene Larocque and General William Buster?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Discuss the learning experiences that changed people's thinking as the war progressed, such as meeting people from other parts of your own country or other parts of the world. Is it your opinion that the long-term effects of the conflict were good or bad? Give reasons for your opinion.

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