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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year during "The Fate of the Survivors" does the People's Republic of China announce that it has forgiven Japan and invites the Japanese prime minister to visit China?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1991.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1974.

3. On what date in 1937 do most reporters leave Nanking after the city falls to the Japanese?
(a) December 29.
(b) January 16.
(c) December 15.
(d) November 3.

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

5. 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"?
(a) Kim Young-sam.
(b) Murayama Tomiichi.
(c) Kajiyama Seiroku.
(d) Hashimoto Ryutaro.

6. 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) 19 million.
(b) 5 million.
(c) 900 thousand.
(d) 600 thousand.

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

8. The Epilogue states that the Rape of Nanking is just one example of Japanese atrocities during how many years of war?
(a) Six.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Four.
(d) Nine.

9. 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) $5,000.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $300.

10. Which of the following individuals is the Japanese minister of education who kills his career when he states that the Rape of Nanking is "just a part of war" in "The Forgotten Holocaust"?
(a) Sakurai Shin.
(b) Okuno Seisuki.
(c) Fujio Masayuki.
(d) General Nagano Shigeto.

11. Chang's parents provided all BUT WHICH of the following assistance during the writing of this book?
(a) Correcting information.
(b) Offering advice.
(c) Translating documents.
(d) Reading drafts.

12. 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.

13. Tanaka Yuki believes that the Japanese army had great potential for brutality for two reasons. What is the first of those two reasons?
(a) Lack of discipline.
(b) Hierarchical nature of society.
(c) Cruel treatment of its own soldiers.
(d) Lack of leadership.

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

15. In what year during "The Fate of the Survivors" do seizures and a mental collapse force Robert Wilson to leave Nanking for Santa Barbara, California?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1938.

Short Answer Questions

1. Haru Murakawa organized a workshop so that Chang could meet with several Japanese and Asians about Nanking. In what year does the workshop take place?

2. In 1941, the Japanese army launched a campaign of terror in northern China. What was the population of northern China prior to this campaign?

3. One of the most high-profile trials described in chapter eight is for Tani Hisao. What military position does Hisao hold during the Rape of Nanking?

4. Which of the following individuals is the director of the Japanese environmental agency who comments that Japan never intended to be aggressive and is forced to retract the statement in "The Forgotten Holocaust"?

5. 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?

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