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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of gun did most Rangers, including Captain Prince, carry?
(a) M-1 Garand.
(b) Thompson submachine guns.
(c) Cabines.
(d) .45 caliber pistols.

2. Where was Eugene Nielsen born and raised?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Nevada.
(c) Montana.
(d) Utah.

3. How many people was Camp O'Donnell designed to accommodate?
(a) About 10,000.
(b) About 12,000.
(c) No more than 5,000.
(d) No more than 9,000.

4. On what day did General Edward King surrender to the Japanese?
(a) On February 12.
(b) On April 9.
(c) On January 4.
(d) On March 8.

5. General Homma foresaw that American prisoners would need to move from Bataan. How many prisoners did he estimate would need evacuation?
(a) 40,000 prisoners.
(b) 25,000 prisoners.
(c) 100,000 prisoners.
(d) 60,000 prisoners.

6. Near what town did General King meet with the Japanese to discuss the terms of surrender?
(a) Limay.
(b) Mariveles.
(c) Lamao.
(d) Malaya.

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

8. Where were the Army photographers from who accompanied the Rangers on their rescue mission?
(a) The 713th Signal Service Battalion.
(b) The 611th Signal Service Battalion.
(c) The 832nd Signal Service Battalion.
(d) The 112th Signal Service Battalion.

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

10. How many Filipinos had fought on Bataan at the time of the surrender to the Japanese?
(a) 72,000 Filipinos.
(b) 68,000 Filipinos.
(c) 65,000 Filipinos.
(d) 75,000 Filipinos.

11. What did Colonel Tsuji once claim to have eaten?
(a) The liver of a downed allied pilot.
(b) The intestine of an Allied officer.
(c) The kidney of a killed prisoner.
(d) The heart of a dead soldier.

12. What did the prisoners call the Battan Death March at the time that they were making the trip?
(a) The Death Walk.
(b) The Hike.
(c) The Mission.
(d) The March.

13. Where were the prisoners loaded into boxcars?
(a) Santa Rita.
(b) San Fernando.
(c) San Simon.
(d) Santa Ana.

14. What was the ward called where they placed critically ill patients at Camp O'Donnell?
(a) St. Peter's Ward.
(b) Death Ward.
(c) Zero Ward.
(d) Death Row.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many ounces of food were the men fighting on Bataan given?

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

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

4. What was Dr. Ralph Emerson Hibbs's rank?

5. How many soldiers were fighting on Bataan under General King's command?

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