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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Prince grow up?
(a) Providence.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Atlanta.

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

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

5. Who was the American provost-marshal in charge of perimeter patrols at Cabanatuan?
(a) Tommie Thomas.
(b) Bob Body.
(c) Ralph Rodriguez.
(d) Bert Bank.

6. What did the Navy men use to sound the half hours of each day at Cabanatuan?
(a) An old oil drum.
(b) A rusty metal triangle.
(c) A wooden crate.
(d) The side of a building.

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

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

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

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

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

12. In Chapter 8, how high was the Pampanga River in places?
(a) Waist high.
(b) Chin high.
(c) Ankle deep.
(d) Knee high.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much sleep did the Rangers get in the last seventy-two hours as they were marching prisoners to freedom?

2. Who was able to calm the prisoners when locked below the decks on the Oryoku Maru?

3. What was Dr. Fisher's religious background?

4. Who was the most reluctant prisoner to leave the camp?

5. What river had the Rangers forded before encountering the fields of grass?

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