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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the survivors of the massacre at Puerto Princesa evacuated?

2. What did a Filipino tell Eugene Neilsen after Neilsen asked the man to write the War Department about the massacre at Puerto Princesa?

3. How many men was Dr. Hibbs responsible for in April of 1942?

4. When did Bertram Bank arrive in Manila?

5. What agricultural outpost did the Ranger convoy reach around 7:15 a.m.?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What concern did Major Robert Lapham present to G-2 officer Horton White?

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

4. What happened when a Japanese guard wanted an American's West Point Ring?

5. Why didn't War Plan Orange succeed?

6. What is a reason the Japanese didn't review their evacuation plan when they realized there were more prisoners than previously estimated?

7. Why were the Japanese gathering in Cabanatuan?

8. How did General Yamashita plan to conduct the withdrawal of his troops as the Americans forced the Japanese to withdraw?

9. How did Eugene Nielsen escape after the air-raid shelters at Puerto Princesa got set on fire?

10. Why did the Rangers hate Mucci and then change their minds about him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Commandant Mori and Captain Tsuneyoshi, using examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why General King decided to surrender to the Japanese without approval from his superiors, using examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the reactions of the prisoners during the rescue and why some of the prisoners fought the rescue.

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