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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. What vitamin deficiency caused beriberi?

2. What did the Americans call the enemy surveillance planes?

3. What did Colonel Tsuji once claim to have eaten?

4. What was Colonel Tsuji called by the young Japanese officers?

5. How was the American who tried to drink from a spring killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't War Plan Orange succeed?

2. Why did the Rangers hate Mucci and then change their minds about him?

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

4. For the men of Bataan, what was the real enemy?

5. What happened when a Japanese guard wanted an American's West Point Ring?

6. How did Van Geldern get sent to the Philippines before Captain Prince?

7. What is a reason the Japanese didn't review their evacuation plan when they realized there were more prisoners than previously estimated?

8. Why did Mucci want photographers to accompany the Rangers on their rescue mission?

9. How did General Yamashita plan to conduct the withdrawal of his troops as the Americans forced the Japanese to withdraw?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast how the Filipinos felt about the Japanese and how they felt about the Americans.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Claire Phillips assisted in the resistance efforts against the Japanese.

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