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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Acknowledgments.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chang states that during her visit to Nanking, she discovers that reparations from Japan in what amount would make a huge difference for the survivors?
(a) $100.
(b) $300.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $2,000.

2. According to Chang in "The Forgotten Holocaust," what is one of the most sinister parts of Japanese education?
(a) Rigid discipline.
(b) Long school hours.
(c) Grueling exams.
(d) Textbook censorship.

3. One of the diary writers in "What the World Knew" is able to take several reels of film and smuggle them out of Nanking on which date?
(a) January 19.
(b) December 16.
(c) March 20.
(d) November 26.

4. Chang states that her parents are the kind that most people only dream of, and that they are all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Stern.
(b) Wise.
(c) Inspirational.
(d) Passionate.

5. After his trial, Hisao is executed in a manner that many of the Nanking survivors believe to be much more humane than anything he'd done to his victims. How is Hisao executed?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Firing squad.
(c) Beheading.
(d) Lethal injection.

Short Answer Questions

1. On which of the following persons does Chang NOT concentrate during "The Nanking Safety Zone" chapter?

2. In "The Forgotten Holocaust," during what year do Japanese textbook screeners demand that authors eliminate all reference to the number of Chinese killed?

3. In the Introduction, the author cites what fact as her primary motivation for writing this book?

4. Which of the following military commanders is initially in charge of the Japanese imperial army for the Shanghai-Nanking region?

5. By December during the occupation, Chang states that the population of Nanking has fallen to about how many people?

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