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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 did Cabanatuan mean?

2. Who commanded the Japanese Fourteenth Imperial Army?

3. What was Colonel Tsuji called by the young Japanese officers?

4. When was Abie Abraham shipped to the Philippines?

5. How old were many of the Japanese soldiers guarding Abie Abraham and his comrades?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't War Plan Orange succeed?

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 did American prisoners discard anything that had the words "Made in Japan"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Colonel Masanobu Tsuji and General Homma, using examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Argue whether the men should have tried to escape when the Japanese left the camp unguarded. Use examples from the book to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

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

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