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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was in charge of the Japanese forces that were retreating in January of 1945?
(a) General Saeda.
(b) General Goto.
(c) General Yagasaki.
(d) General Yamashita.

2. What is the principal island in the Philippines?
(a) Visayas.
(b) Mindinao.
(c) Tatalan.
(d) Luzon.

3. What other attack occurred on the same day as the attack on Luzon?
(a) The Battle of Midway.
(b) Pearl Harbor.
(c) The Battle of Guadalcanal.
(d) The Battle of Imphal.

4. How many men could fit in the air-raid shelters at Puerto Princesa Prison Camp?
(a) 60 men.
(b) 45 men.
(c) 50 men.
(d) 55 men.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of planes did the prisoners see after the air-raid alarm sounded on December 14?

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

3. 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?

4. When did Eugene Nielsen tell about the torching of the air-raid shelters at Puerto Princesa Prison Camp on December 14?

5. How many men survived the massacre at Puerto Princesa?

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