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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. Where did armored vehicles park at Cabanatuan?
(a) In a large metal shed, 300 yards from the front gate.
(b) Behind the American prisoners' barracks.
(c) To the left of the Japanese barracks.
(d) Near a guard tower.

2. What did the prisoners steal from a farmer when they were alone at Cabanatuan?
(a) Goat.
(b) Pig.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Cow.

3. How long did it take the Rangers to neutralize the towers and pill boxes?
(a) 15 seconds.
(b) 2 minutes.
(c) 3 minutes.
(d) 30 seconds.

4. What song was Ralph Rodriguez playing on a phonograph the evening of January 30?
(a) "Sentimental Journey."
(b) "Some Enchanted Evening."
(c) "Wait 'Til the Sun Shines, Nellie."
(d) "I'm Beginning to See the Light."

5. What river had the Rangers forded before encountering the fields of grass?
(a) Abulog River.
(b) Talavera River.
(c) Pulangi River.
(d) Marikina River.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the club that a woman ran who operated one of Cabanatuan's clandestine enterprises?

2. What was Dorothy Clara Fuentes' real name?

3. Where did Joson and his men set up a roadblock?

4. What was the camp's prime meeting ground named by the prisoners?

5. What dormant volcano could be seen to the west as the Rangers crawled toward Cabanatuan?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Teddy Richardson get the padlock open on the front gate?

2. How was the Platero schoolhouse transformed into a makeshift hospital?

3. What efforts did the American prisoners who had engineering skills make to improve Cabanatuan prison?

4. Who was the last prisoner left in Cabanatuan and why was he left there?

5. Describe what some of the prisoners were doing moments before the Rangers began the raid.

6. How was Platero made the Ranger staging area and bivouac site?

7. What happened when Tommie Thomas caught diphtheria?

8. When the Rangers began getting sleepy on the march, what were they given to keep them awake?

9. Why weren't the Signal Corps men as excited as the Rangers as the mission got underway?

10. How was Pajota planning for the rescue mission?

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