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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who would fire the inaugural shot to start the raid?
(a) John Murphy.
(b) William Proudfit.
(c) Roy Swezy.
(d) Joe Youngblood.

3. What did the prisoners steal from a farmer when they were alone at Cabanatuan?
(a) Pig.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Goat.
(d) Cow.

4. Where did Bill Nellist grow up?
(a) California.
(b) Idaho.
(c) Washington.
(d) Oregon.

5. Who removed the padlock from the front gate of Cabanatuan?
(a) Teddy Richardson.
(b) Lesley Palmer.
(c) John Spradlin.
(d) Ray Fouts.

6. What was the name of the club that a woman ran who operated one of Cabanatuan's clandestine enterprises?
(a) Club Tsubaki.
(b) Club Manila.
(c) Club Luzon.
(d) Club Mabini.

7. What did one of the locals give Prince to eat?
(a) Some fruit.
(b) Some rice.
(c) Vegetables wrapped in banana leaves.
(d) A chicken egg.

8. What did the locals give the Rangers when they stopped in Balincarin?
(a) Water and rice balls.
(b) Water and noodles.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Cooked vegetables.

9. Who was the most reluctant prisoner to leave the camp?
(a) Bob Body.
(b) James Duckworth.
(c) Abie Abraham.
(d) Ralph Hibbs.

10. What did Ralph Hibbs asks the prisoners to start killing during the last weeks of January 1945?
(a) Mosquitoes.
(b) Rats.
(c) Cockroaches.
(d) Flies.

11. What was Dr. Fisher's religious background?
(a) Episcopalian.
(b) Roman Catholic.
(c) Quaker.
(d) Jewish.

12. What did the prisoners find in the kitchen at Cabanatuan when the Japanese left?
(a) Several cooked chickens.
(b) An entire baked pig.
(c) Baked bread.
(d) Several large roasts.

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

14. What dormant volcano could be seen to the west as the Rangers crawled toward Cabanatuan?
(a) Mount Pinatubo.
(b) Mount Mayon.
(c) Mount Arayat.
(d) Mount Taal.

15. From where was Chaplain Robert Preston Taylor?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John Murphy attend college?

2. What two books did Chaplain Taylor read when thrown into the heat box?

3. How many carts drawn by carabao carry prisoners when they left Platero?

4. What did Tommie Thomas build in his daydreams at Cabanatuan?

5. Approximately how tall was the gate at the main entrance to Cabanatuan?

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