View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. General Homma foresaw that American prisoners would need to move from Bataan. How many prisoners did he estimate would need evacuation?
(a) 40,000 prisoners.
(b) 100,000 prisoners.
(c) 60,000 prisoners.
(d) 25,000 prisoners.

2. From where did General MacArthur direct the action after the December attack by the Japanese?
(a) A bunker on the Bataan peninsula.
(b) A bunker under Luzon.
(c) A bunker under Manilla.
(d) A bunker inside Corregidor.

3. What was Lieutenant Sato's nickname?
(a) The Taskmaster.
(b) The Idiot.
(c) The Buzzard.
(d) The Turkey.

4. What type of gun did most Rangers, including Captain Prince, carry?
(a) .45 caliber pistols.
(b) M-1 Garand.
(c) Cabines.
(d) Thompson submachine guns.

5. Where were the Bataan nurses sent before General King surrendered to the Japanese?
(a) Manila.
(b) Australia.
(c) Luzon.
(d) Corregidor.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Eugene Nielsen tell about the torching of the air-raid shelters at Puerto Princesa Prison Camp on December 14?

2. What agricultural outpost did the Ranger convoy reach around 7:15 a.m.?

3. By January 28, toward what city were the Japanese making a ragged retreat?

4. Where did Reed Shurtleff attend college?

5. How many troops did the General in charge of the Japanese forces command in January of 1945?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 206 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample