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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When General King was about to surrender, how much food did his quartermaster report that he had to dole out to the men?
(a) One ration.
(b) Three rations.
(c) One half of a ration.
(d) Two rations.

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

3. Where did the small number of men who escaped from Philippine prison camps manage to escape to?
(a) Taiwan.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Australia.
(d) New Guinea.

4. How many men was Dr. Hibbs responsible for in April of 1942?
(a) 900 men.
(b) 1,000 men.
(c) 700 men.
(d) 500 men.

5. How long did it take defeat to come to the Americans on Bataan?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 4 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Filipinos had fought on Bataan at the time of the surrender to the Japanese?

2. By January 28, toward what city were the Japanese making a ragged retreat?

3. What type of planes did the prisoners see after the air-raid alarm sounded on December 14?

4. When did the prisoners construct the air-raid shelters at Puerto Princesa Prison Camp?

5. How many friends did Captain Robert Prince have who had been sent to the Philippines before he was and had been trapped on Bataan?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and how did the Americans invade the Philippines after the Japanese attack and occupation?

2. Why did American prisoners discard anything that had the words "Made in Japan"?

3. Why was Dr. Ralph Hibbs lying delirious in a ditch at the beginning of Chapter 1?

4. When and how did MacArthur leave his Corregidor bunker?

5. What happened after the men were in the air-raid shelters?

6. With surrender eminent, what were the men on Bataan who were fleeing from Japanese doing to their equipment?

7. What had the prisoners of Puerto Princesa Prison Camp been working on during internment?

8. What did Lieutenant Sato do when C.C. Smith refused to go into the air-raid shelter?

9. Who was Lieutenant Henry Lee?

10. On December 14, what difference occurred in the routine of the men working on the airstrip?

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