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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. General Homma foresaw that American prisoners would need to move from Bataan. How many prisoners did he estimate would need evacuation?

2. What did Cabanatuan mean?

3. What province did the Rangers drive through the morning they left for the Cabanatuan rescue mission?

4. When General King was about to surrender, how much food did his quartermaster report that he had to dole out to the men?

5. On what day did General Edward King surrender to the Japanese?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What had the prisoners of Puerto Princesa Prison Camp been working on during internment?

6. When and how did MacArthur leave his Corregidor bunker?

7. Who was Keezel?

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

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

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

Discuss the cultural differences that led to the disaster that became known as the Bataan Death March.

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

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