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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. What was Lieutenant Sato's nickname?

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

3. Where were the Bataan nurses sent before General King surrendered to the Japanese?

4. Where was the last survivor of the massacre at Puerto Princesa found?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were Army veterinarians doing as the men fled toward Mariveles?

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

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

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

6. Who was Keezel?

7. Approximately how many died as the Americans and Filipinos moved north out of Bataan?

8. Why didn't War Plan Orange succeed?

9. Who was Lieutenant Henry Lee?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from "Ghost Soldiers," discuss how and why the Cabanatuan prisoners organized the camp.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, discuss General Homma's plan for evacuating Americans and Filipinos from the Bataan peninsula and the flaws in his plan.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the intelligence Mucci received and why it influenced his decision to delay the rescue mission for 24 hours.

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