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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. General Homma foresaw that American prisoners would need to move from Bataan. How many prisoners did he estimate would need evacuation?

2. Where was Lieutenant Edward "Tommie" Thomas from?

3. What did Cabanatuan mean?

4. How long did the Japanese continue the seaside massacre after they torched the air-raid shelters?

5. What province did the Rangers drive through the morning they left for the Cabanatuan rescue mission?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had the prisoners of Puerto Princesa Prison Camp been working on during internment?

2. On December 14, what difference occurred in the routine of the men working on the airstrip?

3. Approximately how many died as the Americans and Filipinos moved north out of Bataan?

4. What was The Military Field Code?

5. What concern did Major Robert Lapham present to G-2 officer Horton White?

6. How would the Filipinos show their loyalty to the Americans as prisoners marched north out of Bataan?

7. When and how did the Americans invade the Philippines after the Japanese attack and occupation?

8. What were Army veterinarians doing as the men fled toward Mariveles?

9. How did Eugene Nielsen escape after the air-raid shelters at Puerto Princesa got set on fire?

10. Why did American prisoners discard anything that had the words "Made in Japan"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the rules and patterns that Bank observed about how to avoid punishment or death.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the intelligence Mucci received and why it influenced his decision to delay the rescue mission for 24 hours.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the aphorism, "There are no atheists in foxholes," and how it applied to Captain Bank.

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