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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how tall was the gate at the main entrance to Cabanatuan?
(a) 7 feet.
(b) 9 feet.
(c) 10 feet.
(d) 8 feet.

2. What was the Cabanatuan Camp cemetery called?
(a) Death Hill.
(b) Bone Hill.
(c) Skeleton Plot.
(d) The Resting Place.

3. What was the name of a hated guard who watched over prisoners working on the Farm?
(a) Liver Lips.
(b) Web Foot.
(c) Simon Legree.
(d) Air Raid.

4. What was the nickname for the woman who operated one of Cabanatuan's clandestine enterprises?
(a) Mata Hari.
(b) The Teacher.
(c) High Pockets.
(d) Geisha Lady.

5. What type of planes crossed and recrossed Cabanatuan on January 19?
(a) Piper Cubs.
(b) Kingfishers.
(c) O-49s.
(d) O-46s.

6. Where did John Murphy attend college?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Stanford.
(c) Notre Dame.
(d) Creighton.

7. Who was the second Ranger to enter Cabanatuan?
(a) Walter Ruig.
(b) Leland Provencher.
(c) Marcos Keithley.
(d) John Ryan.

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

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

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

11. What two books did Chaplain Taylor read when thrown into the heat box?
(a) The Bible and "The House of the Dead."
(b) The Bible and "Crime and Punishment."
(c) The Bible and "Notes from the Underground."
(d) The Bible and "The Brothers Karamazov."

12. Where was John Murphy from?
(a) Pennyslvania.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Massachusetts.

13. How much did the American Red Cross Standard Package Number 8 weigh?
(a) 7 pounds.
(b) 6 pounds.
(c) 9 pounds.
(d) 8 pounds.

14. After prisoners shipped out of Cabanatuan, who became the commanding American officer?
(a) James Duckworth.
(b) Robert Burke.
(c) Frederick Amos.
(d) Robert Strong.

15. What was the camp's prime meeting ground named by the prisoners?
(a) Main Street.
(b) Fifth Avenue.
(c) Broadway.
(d) Times Square.

Short Answer Questions

1. What constantly appeared in Abie Abraham's dreams when he was a prisoner at Cabanatuan?

2. How many rounds could an automatic heavy rifle shoot per minute?

3. Where was the glow of fighting coming from that the prisoners could see from Cabanatuan in early January?

4. When did Corregidor surrender?

5. What was the most popular class in the prison, "University of the Far East"?

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