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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What agricultural outpost did the Ranger convoy reach around 7:15 a.m.?
(a) Gerona.
(b) Lupao.
(c) Guimba.
(d) La Paz.

3. Where did Van Geldern attend college?
(a) Santa Clara University.
(b) Cal Poly.
(c) University of California Davis.
(d) University of California Riverside.

4. What was the approximate temperature inside each boxcar?
(a) 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
(b) 130 degrees Fahrenheit.
(c) 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
(d) 95 degrees Fahrenheit.

5. Where were the 6th Army headquarters that the Rangers reached a few minutes after starting their mission on January 28?
(a) Lingayen.
(b) Mangaldan.
(c) Binmaley.
(d) Dagupan.

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

7. What was the date when Abie Abraham and his comrades had to stand near water, but could not drink?
(a) April 30, 1942.
(b) April 10, 1942.
(c) April 22, 1942.
(d) April 2, 1942.

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

9. How many years had Eugene Nielsen been interred at Puerto Princesa Prison Camp?
(a) Two years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Four years.

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

11. Where did Bertram Bank go to college?
(a) University of Alabama.
(b) University of Louisiana.
(c) University of Georgia.
(d) University of Mississippi.

12. What defensive strategy did Douglas MacArthur execute when the Japanese attacked the Philippines in December of 1941?
(a) War Plan Blue.
(b) War Plan Red.
(c) War Plan Orange.
(d) War Plan Green.

13. How long did the Japanese continue the seaside massacre after they torched the air-raid shelters?
(a) After 5 hours.
(b) After 7 hours.
(c) After 3 to 4 hours.
(d) After 2 to 3 hours.

14. Who commanded the Japanese Fourteenth Imperial Army?
(a) Lieutenant General Katzutsugu Dobashi.
(b) General Keisuke Fujie.
(c) Lieutenant General Fumio Saeki.
(d) General Tomoyuki Yamashita.

15. How many men was Dr. Hibbs responsible for in April of 1942?
(a) 1,000 men.
(b) 700 men.
(c) 900 men.
(d) 500 men.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far were the rangers from Cabanatuan when they stopped to begin marching on foot?

2. Where did Reed Shurtleff attend college?

3. What did Colonel Tsuji once claim to have eaten?

4. What was Abraham's wife's name?

5. What type of gun did most Rangers, including Captain Prince, carry?

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