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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. Who would fire the inaugural shot to start the raid?
(a) William Proudfit.
(b) John Murphy.
(c) Joe Youngblood.
(d) Roy Swezy.

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

3. What was the largest non-American contingent of prisoners at Cabanatuan?
(a) Canadians.
(b) Dutch.
(c) Norwegians.
(d) British.

4. What did the locals give the Rangers when they stopped in Balincarin?
(a) Water and noodles.
(b) Cooked vegetables.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Water and rice balls.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of American plane flew over Cabanatuan as Mucci requested?

3. Where did Pajota and his men set up a roadblock?

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

5. Who removed the padlock from the front gate of Cabanatuan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was special about the P-61 plane?

2. What was an aswang?

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

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

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

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

7. How were most of the Cabanatuan prisoners transported back to the United States?

8. What would Prince oversee as assault commander?

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

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

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