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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other historic event happened on the day that General King surrendered to the Japanese?
(a) The Battle of Gettysburg began.
(b) Abraham Lincoln was shot.
(c) The fall of Fort Sumter.
(d) General Lee surrendered to General Grant.

2. On the morning of December 14, where did a Japanese seaplane spot a convoy of American destroyers and battleships?
(a) The East China Sea.
(b) The Sea of Japan.
(c) The Sulu Sea.
(d) The South China Sea.

3. From where did General MacArthur direct the action after the December attack by the Japanese?
(a) A bunker under Manilla.
(b) A bunker on the Bataan peninsula.
(c) A bunker under Luzon.
(d) A bunker inside Corregidor.

4. Where were the Bataan nurses sent before General King surrendered to the Japanese?
(a) Manila.
(b) Corregidor.
(c) Australia.
(d) Luzon.

5. What type of beach was at the edge of a cliff near the Puerto Princesa prison compound?
(a) Coral beach.
(b) Pumice beach.
(c) Rocky beach.
(d) White sandy beach.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who refused to go into the air-raid shelters on December 14?

4. How long had it taken the prisoners to complete their building project at Puerto Princesa Prison Camp?

5. What other attack occurred on the same day as the attack on Luzon?

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