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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. What constantly appeared in Abie Abraham's dreams when he was a prisoner at Cabanatuan?
(a) Family.
(b) Skeletons.
(c) Water.
(d) Snakes.

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

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

4. Two weeks after the storehouse raids at Cabanatuan, what did Ralph Rodriguez weigh?
(a) 100 pounds.
(b) 130 pounds.
(c) 90 pounds.
(d) 120 pounds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the prisoners trap to eat for extra protein?

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

3. Who was the second Ranger to enter Cabanatuan?

4. Where were women, children, and the elderly of Platero and other barrios sent for safety?

5. Where did Joson and his men set up a roadblock?

Short Essay Questions

1. What concerns did Mucci have about the guerrillas as they readied to attack Cabanatuan?

2. How did Teddy Richardson get the padlock open on the front gate?

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

4. How did the villagers greet the Rangers when it came to Platero?

5. When the Rangers began getting sleepy on the march, what were they given to keep them awake?

6. What were some valuables that the prisoners stowed around the camp that they weren't allowed to take with them?

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

8. What was an aswang?

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

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

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