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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what time during 1938 does "The Occupation of Nanking" say the massacre is over?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

2. Who is the final person Chang thanks in the Acknowledgments?
(a) Husband.
(b) Parents.
(c) Survivors.
(d) Editor.

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

4. The Japanese also mixed food with which of the following deadly diseases during the invasion?
(a) Aspergillis.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) E. coli.
(d) Staph.

5. To what problem can most of the damage in Nanking be attributed in the, "The Occupation of Nanking" chapter?
(a) Vandalism.
(b) Flooding.
(c) Gunfire.
(d) Arson.

6. At the end of "The Forgotten Holocaust," Azuma Shiro becomes the first Japanese veteran to apologize for his role in Nanking. During what year does this occur?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1953.
(d) 2000.

7. "Judgment Day" states that the IMTFE is able to prosecute how many Japanese military and political officials?
(a) 12.
(b) 64.
(c) 55.
(d) 28.

8. When the initial deaths are combined with deaths that occurred later but are related, one can estimate that the Japanese killed about how many Chinese people in total?
(a) 5 million.
(b) 900 thousand.
(c) 19 million.
(d) 600 thousand.

9. In "The Forgotten Holocaust," during what year does Ishihara Shintaro give an interview stating that there was no massacre in Nanking?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1957.

10. In 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) begins trials in Tokyo. How long do those trials last?
(a) Two and a half years.
(b) Six and a half years.
(c) One year.
(d) Four months.

11. 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) 1962.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1945.

12. Which of Chang's friends freely donated her time to help translate a good deal of source material?
(a) Nancy Tong.
(b) Barbara Masin.
(c) Martha Begemann.
(d) Susan Rabiner.

13. What is the second factor that Tanaka Yuko cites as the reason the Japanese army had such potential for brutality?
(a) Cruel treatment of its own soldiers.
(b) Lack of leadership.
(c) Hierarchical nature of society.
(d) Lack of discipline.

14. "Judgment Day" states that the Investigation of War Crimes committee is created when?
(a) March 1944.
(b) February 1943.
(c) September 1942.
(d) October 1945.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chang's book was helped along by her editor, a woman by the name of what?

2. In order to control the population after the massacre, the Japanese routinely use what as payment to the Chinese?

3. In "The Occupation of Nanking," which country's flag is torn down six times from the University of Nanking?

4. According to Chang in "The Forgotten Holocaust," what is one of the most sinister parts of Japanese education?

5. In "The Fate of the Survivors," Chang states that she is able to videotape oral testimony from Nanking survivors during what year?

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