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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. Where was the glow of fighting coming from that the prisoners could see from Cabanatuan in early January?
(a) Lingayen Gulf.
(b) Manila Bay.
(c) Baler Bay.
(d) Moro Gulf.

2. What new antimalarial drug were the Rangers taking?
(a) Chloroquine.
(b) Proguanil.
(c) Atabrine.
(d) Clindamycin.

3. What type of American plane flew over Cabanatuan as Mucci requested?
(a) BF-109.
(b) FW-190.
(c) P-38.
(d) P-61.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men were injured when a Japanese soldier fired a knee mortar?

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

3. When did the Rangers and prisoners leave Platero?

4. Near what river was Platero situated?

5. Which guard on the Farm was demanding, but fair?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Nellist remove a metal fragment from Rounsaville?

2. In January, why did the Japanese shut down the Farm at Cabanatuan?

3. Describe what some of the prisoners were doing moments before the Rangers began the raid.

4. What efforts did the American prisoners who had engineering skills make to improve Cabanatuan prison?

5. How did Pajota suggest that the injured prisoners be transported back to American lines?

6. What would happen to a prisoner if he would slip a root or a pod of beans into his personal gunny sack?

7. Describe the weed named cogon.

8. What was an aswang?

9. What extensive underground developed that regularly smuggled goods into the camp at Cabanatuan?

10. Who was the last prisoner left in Cabanatuan and why was he left there?

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