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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 and 13 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What vitamin deficiency caused beriberi?
(a) Lack of Vitamin D.
(b) Lack of Vitamin C.
(c) Lack of Vitamin K.
(d) Lack of Vitamin B.

2. What was the largest non-American contingent of prisoners at Cabanatuan?
(a) Norwegians.
(b) British.
(c) Dutch.
(d) Canadians.

3. Where was the last survivor of the massacre at Puerto Princesa found?
(a) Washed up on the far shore.
(b) Clinging to a Filipino fish trap in the bay.
(c) Clinging to driftwood.
(d) Hiding in brush on the far shore.

4. Who was killed by friendly fire at Cabanatuan?
(a) Charles Brown.
(b) Francis Schilli.
(c) Roy Sweezy.
(d) Lawrence Robinson.

5. How much sleep did the Rangers get in the last seventy-two hours as they were marching prisoners to freedom?
(a) 5 to 6 hours.
(b) 9 to10 hours.
(c) 3 to 4 hours.
(d) 7 to 8 hours.

Short Answer 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?

2. Of all the prisoners who passed through O'Donnell, how many died there?

3. Where was John Murphy from?

4. How many men were injured when a Japanese soldier fired a knee mortar?

5. When did the aerial attack begin on Luzon?

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