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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In December, where did the Japanese bombers and Zeros catch a large part of the American Air Force of the Far East on the ground?
(a) Clark Field.
(b) Delano Field.
(c) Hamilton Field.
(d) Pearce Field.

2. Who was the commander of the U.S. Sixth Army in January of 1945?
(a) General Curtis LeMay.
(b) General Walter Krueger.
(c) General Henry Arnold.
(d) General Holland Smith.

3. Who refused to go into the air-raid shelters on December 14?
(a) Robert Pritchford.
(b) Vernon Booth.
(c) C. C. Smith.
(d) Quentine Devore.

4. How long had it taken the prisoners to complete their building project at Puerto Princesa Prison Camp?
(a) About a year and a half.
(b) About two years.
(c) Nearly three years.
(d) Nearly four years.

5. What mountains bordered the flat sugar country the Rangers drove through on their way to Cabanatuan?
(a) Zambales and Cordillera Central.
(b) Caraballo and Chocolate Hills.
(c) Kalatungan.
(d) Kitanglad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the Army photographers from who accompanied the Rangers on their rescue mission?

2. Who rode at the head of the column of Rangers?

3. What did a Filipino tell Eugene Neilsen after Neilsen asked the man to write the War Department about the massacre at Puerto Princesa?

4. Who waded upon the shores of Luzon two days after Eugene Nielsen related the story of the massacre?

5. What other historic event happened on the day that General King surrendered to the Japanese?

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