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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Nanking, what event is pivotal in the change of relations between the United States and Japan?
(a) Yalta Conference.
(b) Cold War.
(c) IMTFE trials.
(d) Japan's surrender.

2. In "The Fate of the Survivors," during what year does Lewis Smythe leave his job at Nanking University for Lexington Theological Seminary in Kentucky?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1945.

3. In order to control the population after the massacre, the Japanese routinely use what as payment to the Chinese?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) Narcotics.

4. Which of the following newsreel reporters are NOT on board when the USS Panay is attacked?
(a) Jean Marie Lutes.
(b) Eric Mayell.
(c) Sandro Sandri.
(d) Normal Alley.

5. Which Japanese news outlet begins to report that all is well and that Nanking's citizens are returning home in late December during the occupation?
(a) Domei.
(b) Xinhua.
(c) Kyodo.
(d) Nippon.

6. In the Acknowledgments, who does Chang say first told her about the Rape of Nanking?
(a) A teacher.
(b) Her grandparents.
(c) An aunt.
(d) Her parents.

7. In "Judgment Day," one of the war crimes trials held is for two lieutenants: Takeshi and Toshiaki. In what chapter of this book does "Judgment Day" say their killing contest is described?
(a) Chapter 6.
(b) Chapter 2.
(c) Chapter 4.
(d) Chapter 8.

8. On December 15, 1938, Japanese soldiers force five thousand refugees to line up so they can steal how much money from them?
(a) $560.
(b) $350.
(c) $180.
(d) $75.

9. During the IMTFE trials, the court determines that what ratio of prisoners of war die under the Japanese?
(a) One in twenty-five.
(b) One in three.
(c) One in one hundred.
(d) All.

10. Which of the following individuals is appointed to the position of justice minister, gives an interview stating that the Nanking Massacre is a hoax, and is forced to resign in "The Forgotten Holocaust"?
(a) Sakurai Shin.
(b) Okuno Seisuki.
(c) General Nagano Shigeto.
(d) Fujio Masayuki.

11. In "The Occupation of Nanking," which country's flag is torn down six times from the University of Nanking?
(a) Germany.
(b) Japan.
(c) America.
(d) China.

12. Japanese soldiers break into Nanking University Hospital after the massacre and steal all BUT WHICH of the following from nurses?
(a) Wristwatches.
(b) Pens.
(c) Medications.
(d) Flashlights.

13. Which Japanese commander bears the brunt of the blame for Nanking during the IMTFE trials?
(a) Prince Asaka.
(b) Nakajima Kesago.
(c) Matsui Iwane.
(d) Hirota Koki.

14. Chang's book was helped along by her editor, a woman by the name of what?
(a) Nancy Tong.
(b) Susan Rabiner.
(c) Barbara Masin.
(d) Martha Begemann.

15. Which of the following women helps Chang find the descendants of John Rabe?
(a) Martha Begemann.
(b) Nancy Tong.
(c) Susan Rabiner.
(d) Barbara Masin.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the deadliest policies endorsed by the Japanese government during the war is the "Three-all" policy, which means all BUT WHICH of the following?

2. 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?

3. "The Fate of the Survivors" states that many of the victims of Nanking continue to suffer all BUT WHICH of the following?

4. Which of the following individuals is a cabinet secretary who claims that the rape victims were actually engaged in willful prostitution during "The Forgotten Holocaust"?

5. Which of the following American correspondents does Chang NOT mention in the "What the World Knew" chapter?

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