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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. On the morning of December 14, where did a Japanese seaplane spot a convoy of American destroyers and battleships?

2. What was Abie Abraham's rank?

3. By January 28, toward what city were the Japanese making a ragged retreat?

4. How many soldiers were fighting on Bataan under General King's command?

5. Who rode at the head of the column of Rangers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was The Military Field Code?

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

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

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

7. What did Lieutenant Sato do when C.C. Smith refused to go into the air-raid shelter?

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

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

10. For the men of Bataan, what was the real enemy?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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