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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many ounces of food were the men fighting on Bataan given?
(a) 20 ounces of food.
(b) 32 ounces of food.
(c) 41 ounces of food.
(d) 15 ounces of food.

2. What was Abraham's wife's name?
(a) Emilie.
(b) Martha.
(c) Susanna.
(d) Nancy.

3. How many Chinese was Colonel Tsuji said to be personally responsible for their deaths?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 6,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 4,000.

4. How many men survived the massacre at Puerto Princesa?
(a) 9 men.
(b) 12 men.
(c) 11 men.
(d) 10 men.

5. Who had found a monkey in New Guinea and brought it with him to the Philippines?
(a) Eugene Dykes.
(b) Robert Prince.
(c) Bert Bank.
(d) Tommie Thomas.

6. 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.

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

8. Who rode at the head of the column of Rangers?
(a) Ranger Dykes.
(b) First Lieutenant Lueddeke.
(c) Captain Prince.
(d) Colonel Mucci.

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

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

11. At Puerto Princesa Prison Camp, what indicates that an air raid was imminent?
(a) A trumpet.
(b) An old Catholic church bell.
(c) A large drum.
(d) A gong.

12. Who waded upon the shores of Luzon two days after Eugene Nielsen related the story of the massacre?
(a) Admiral Chester Nimitz.
(b) General Douglas MacArthur.
(c) Field Marshall Bernard Law Montgomery.
(d) General George S. Patton.

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

14. How many Rangers were going on the rescue mission to Cabanatuan?
(a) 135 Rangers.
(b) 75 Rangers.
(c) 121 Rangers.
(d) 98 Rangers.

15. How far from Manila did the January 9, 1945, invasion take place?
(a) 100 miles north.
(b) 200 miles north.
(c) 200 miles south.
(d) 100 miles south.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the principal island in the Philippines?

2. What world record did Abraham break when he was 16?

3. When did the prisoners construct the air-raid shelters at Puerto Princesa Prison Camp?

4. How many years had Eugene Nielsen been interred at Puerto Princesa Prison Camp?

5. What was Abie Abraham's rank?

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