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

2. What type of planes did the prisoners see after the air-raid alarm sounded on December 14?

3. What was Lieutenant Sato's nickname?

4. What officer liberated 1,000 American and Filipino prisoners and even gave them advice on what routes to take?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. Who was Keezel?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book, discuss the retreat of the Japanese in 1945 and how their commander attempted to keep the retreat from being a rout.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast how the Filipinos felt about the Japanese and how they felt about the Americans.

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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