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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Captain Bert Bank's fellow Americans have to carry him semi-conscious for six hours?
(a) He had been stabbed in the back.
(b) He had a deep gash in his head.
(c) He had had a finger cut off.
(d) He had been knocked unconscious.

2. Where was Bertram Bank raised?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Mississippi.

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

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

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

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

7. When did Bertram Bank arrive in Manila?
(a) November 1941.
(b) January 1939.
(c) February 1940.
(d) March 1942.

8. Where did Dr. Hibbs go to medical school?
(a) University of Indiana.
(b) University of Illinois.
(c) University of Wisconsin.
(d) University of Iowa.

9. What was at the rear of the soldiers who were trying to flee to Mariveles?
(a) The South China Sea.
(b) The Pacific Sea.
(c) The Sulu Sea.
(d) The Philippine Sea.

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

11. On the morning of December 14, where did a Japanese seaplane spot a convoy of American destroyers and battleships?
(a) The South China Sea.
(b) The Sea of Japan.
(c) The Sulu Sea.
(d) The East China Sea.

12. When did the aerial attack begin on Luzon?
(a) On October 13.
(b) On November 11.
(c) On January 2.
(d) On December 8.

13. How old were many of the Japanese soldiers guarding Abie Abraham and his comrades?
(a) 40 to 45 years of age.
(b) 30 to 35 years of age.
(c) 17 to 18 years of age.
(d) 25 to 30 years of age.

14. 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.

15. Where were the Rangers encamped on January 28, 1945?
(a) Calasio.
(b) Rosales.
(c) Alcala.
(d) Sison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the prisoners loaded into boxcars?

2. What did the Americans call the enemy surveillance planes?

3. What was at the front of the soldiers trying to flee to Mariveles?

4. What was Abie Abraham's rank?

5. Who commanded the Japanese Fourteenth Imperial Army?

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