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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. What unusual food did Maurice Wilson eat in the Philippines?

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

3. Why did the Germans want to keep the American prisoners of war out of Allied hands?

4. Where does Richard Prendergast say the lower-ranked person walked with an officer?

5. Why did the girls in Panama avoid the officers from the battleship Arkansas?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How was Peggy Terry's health compromised by her efforts in the war?

4. How did the war affect college-aged men?

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

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

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

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

9. How did Akira Miuri feel about Americans during the war?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several respondents in this book refer to conflicts within the U.S. that were brought forward and/or resolved during the war. In your essay, discuss those conflicts - how they came about and how they were affected by the war.

Essay Topic 2

Some respondents reported that the attitudes with which they endured the conflict changed dramatically once the war was over and there was time to reflect upon events. Citing examples from the text, explain why you think time to consider made such a difference in opinion.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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