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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. How far from Manila did the January 9, 1945, invasion take place?

2. How was the American who tried to drink from a spring killed?

3. Of all the prisoners who passed through O'Donnell, how many died there?

4. Where were the prisoners loaded into boxcars?

5. Where were the Rangers encamped on January 28, 1945?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Van Geldern get sent to the Philippines before Captain Prince?

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

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

4. Why did Abraham believe that those who didn't have dysentery before the march out of Bataan would surely get dysentery?

5. Who was Keezel?

6. According to Japanese historian Murakami Hyoe, how did Tsuji show that prisoners should be treated?

7. What mixed responses did Abie Abraham and the other Americans receive as they marched north to the prison camp?

8. What type of equipment did Army photographers bring when they accompanied the Rangers on their rescue mission?

9. What did Lieutenant Sato do when C.C. Smith refused to go into the air-raid shelter?

10. What was the mood of the men as they ready for the raid on January 28, 1945?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the rules and patterns that Bank observed about how to avoid punishment or death.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why the prisoners at Cabanatuan considered themselves the ghosts of Bataan.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, discuss how the Japanese viewed the prisoner-of-war status and what they would do to avoid becoming prisoners.

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