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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 surprised Anton Biler about his Japanese overseer in the prison camp?

2. Why did Robert Rasmus believe fighting the Russians would fail?

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

4. What caused Dellie Hahne to begin to distrust her government?

5. How did John Kenneth Galbraith say the bombing of Hamburg increased the German war effort?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Peggy Terry feel about war now?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were perhaps the most dramatic and controversial events of the war. Do you believe Truman was right or wrong to order the bombs to destroy those cities? Cite experiences related by the people in this book to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

Propaganda is implicated as overwhelming the morals and thinking of people on both sides of the war. In your essay, discuss the role of propaganda as delivered through music, movies and other media.

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