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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the date for the beginning of the battle of Midway?
(a) July 4, 1943.
(b) December 7, 1942.
(c) June 4, 1942.
(d) June 2, 1942.

2. Leslie Slote says the secret documents are worthless unless they can be ____________.
(a) Smuggled to America.
(b) Destroyed.
(c) Authenticated.
(d) Published.

3. Pam tells Rhoda that the last time she saw Warren he seemed _____________.
(a) Sad.
(b) Worried.
(c) Warriorlike.
(d) Godlike.

4. Whom does Aaron write about suddenly treating him differently in Chapter 29?
(a) Mose Sacerdote.
(b) The archbishop.
(c) Dr. Beck.
(d) Dr. Castelnuovo.

5. Aaron notes that Sacerdote is Italian for what name?
(a) Smith.
(b) Jones.
(c) Rabinowitz.
(d) Cohen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Pug, his sons and Aster attending a party at the beginning of Chapter 23?

2. Von Roon writes that the Allies met the Japanese at Guadalcanal where ____of the eleven Japanese ships sank.

3. Which movie star is Rhoda going to get to meet while she is visiting Madeline?

4. Who misinforms Byron that Natalie and the baby are on a boat headed to America?

5. What is the name of the island that the Northampton attacks in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What point is von Roon making in the "Hitler Berserk" section of The Road to Midway?

2. What concern does Rhoda Henry express about her daughter-in-law in a letter to her husband?

3. How does Pug end up headed back to Washington after losing the Northampton?

4. What concern about the Castelnuovo family does Natalie express to Rabinovitz?

5. What is the history between Byron and Natalie?

6. When does Aaron Jastrow finally come to the realization that Natalie was right to distrust Dr. Beck?

7. Describe the poignant scene at the end of Chapter 23.

8. What does the Commandant of Auschwitz note about the women prisoners as the techniques for killing the Jews is honed?

9. Why is Leslie Slote surprised to see Selma at the home of Britton Treville?

10. What are Warren's final thoughts before his plane explodes in the Pacific Ocean?

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