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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. Why were people in San Francisco panicked after Pearl Harbor, according to Dennis Keegan?

2. Why does Richard Prendergast say the pillboxes were of no use to the infantrymen?

3. How does Dellie Hahne believe military wives were regarded?

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

5. What does John Ciardi believe could make anyone savage?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sarah Killingsworth feel now about the war?

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

3. According to Admiral Gene Larocque, what were the negative long-range effects of WWII within the United States?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

There is a lot of discussion of racism, the process of judging individuals by race, in this collection of memories. Write about racist attitudes you read about toward one ethnic group: Jews, blacks, Germans, Russians or Japanese. Explain the factors that led to racist opinions toward people of the group you chose.

Essay Topic 3

Many respondents in these accounts expressed the opinion that the ultimate results of the war were basically positive. List and discuss the positive results of the conflict, citing examples from the text.

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