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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. Near what river was Platero situated?

2. What did Ralph Hibbs asks the prisoners to start killing during the last weeks of January 1945?

3. What was Dorothy Clara Fuentes' real name?

4. What river had the Rangers forded before encountering the fields of grass?

5. What nationality was Fuentes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the barking problem in Platero solved?

2. What was special about the P-61 plane?

3. How were most of the Cabanatuan prisoners transported back to the United States?

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

5. What would Prince oversee as assault commander?

6. In January, why did the Japanese shut down the Farm at Cabanatuan?

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

8. What did Captain Pajota suggest as cover for the Rangers as they wriggled to their positions in the fields?

9. How did the villagers greet the Rangers when it came to Platero?

10. How was Pajota planning for the rescue mission?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, discuss how the Japanese viewed the prisoner-of-war status and what they would do to avoid becoming prisoners.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, discuss General Homma's plan for evacuating Americans and Filipinos from the Bataan peninsula and the flaws in his plan.

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