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

2. What did E.B. Sledge say the war did to American soldiers?

3. What did first-generation Japanese parents mean when they taught their children, gaman?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Officers often kept the troops in ignorance of their destinations, missions and purposes. Give your opinion as to why this was so, and the result of programmed ignorance on the troops and on the outcome of their efforts.

Essay Topic 2

Entertainment was thought by many to be as important to an effective fighting force as nutrition and weapons. Discuss the importance of entertainment, and its effect on the troops during the war.

Essay Topic 3

There were a variety of attitudes displayed toward those who were conquered after the war by the conquerors. Discuss the differences in the way conquered people were treated, citing examples from the accounts in the text, and give your opinion as to the results of those decisions.

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