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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. How far would the Rangers have to crawl on their stomachs toward the camp?
(a) 250 yards.
(b) A mile.
(c) 1/2 mile.
(d) 500 yards.

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

3. Where did Prince attend college?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Brown.
(d) Harvard.

4. Approximately how tall was the gate at the main entrance to Cabanatuan?
(a) 8 feet.
(b) 10 feet.
(c) 7 feet.
(d) 9 feet.

5. What was the most popular class in the prison, "University of the Far East"?
(a) Biology.
(b) History.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the prisoners find in the kitchen at Cabanatuan when the Japanese left?

2. What song was Ralph Rodriguez playing on a phonograph the evening of January 30?

3. What did the prisoners steal from a farmer when they were alone at Cabanatuan?

4. Where was the glow of fighting coming from that the prisoners could see from Cabanatuan in early January?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who were evacuated from Platero and other barrios?

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

5. Describe the weed named cogon.

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

7. Why weren't the Signal Corps men as excited as the Rangers as the mission got underway?

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

9. What would Prince oversee as assault commander?

10. How was the barking problem in Platero solved?

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