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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the Rangers was seriously injured when a Japanese soldier fired a knee mortar?
(a) Alfonso.
(b) Prince.
(c) Peters.
(d) Fisher.

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

3. What color was Dorothy Clara Fuentes' hair?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Blond.
(d) Brown.

4. What was Dorothy Clara Fuentes' real name?
(a) Mary Anderson.
(b) Claire Phillips.
(c) Jane Nickerson.
(d) Andrea Browning.

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

6. How far would the Rangers have to crawl on their stomachs toward the camp?
(a) A mile.
(b) 1/2 mile.
(c) 500 yards.
(d) 250 yards.

7. What was the most popular class in the prison, "University of the Far East"?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Biology.
(c) French.
(d) History.

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

9. What caused a strange condition where the prisoners necks turned to rubber and they couldn't hold up their heads?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Bad medicine.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Rancid fish head.

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

11. When did Corregidor surrender?
(a) April.
(b) May.
(c) July.
(d) June.

12. What type of weed were the Rangers stepping through on January 29?
(a) Cogon.
(b) Gooseweed.
(c) Panicum.
(d) Bindweed.

13. What type of fighter planes flew over Cabanatuan January 19?
(a) P-38s.
(b) P-26s.
(c) F-45s.
(d) P-82s.

14. What was the least desirable of all the Cabanatuan work details?
(a) Working on the Farm.
(b) Burying the dead.
(c) Cutting wood.
(d) Working on the airstrip.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who would fire the inaugural shot to start the raid?

2. How did Lieutenant Nellist hide his M-1when he and Private Vaquilar went to a deserted shack?

3. What was the name of the club that a woman ran who operated one of Cabanatuan's clandestine enterprises?

4. What did Colonel Duckworth break when fleeing the camp?

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

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