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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. When did Eugene Nielsen tell about the torching of the air-raid shelters at Puerto Princesa Prison Camp on December 14?

2. Where were the 6th Army headquarters that the Rangers reached a few minutes after starting their mission on January 28?

3. How long did it take defeat to come to the Americans on Bataan?

4. When did the aerial attack begin on Luzon?

5. Where were the Army photographers from who accompanied the Rangers on their rescue mission?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened after the men were in the air-raid shelters?

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

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

5. With surrender eminent, what were the men on Bataan who were fleeing from Japanese doing to their equipment?

6. Why didn't War Plan Orange succeed?

7. How did Dr. Hibbs describe his posting in the Philippines in late November 1941?

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

9. When and how did the Americans invade the Philippines after the Japanese attack and occupation?

10. How would the Filipinos show their loyalty to the Americans as prisoners marched north out of Bataan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Claire Phillips assisted in the resistance efforts against the Japanese.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Commandant Mori and Captain Tsuneyoshi, 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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