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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. When was Abie Abraham shipped to the Philippines?

2. When did Bertram Bank arrive in Manila?

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

4. Why did Captain Bert Bank's fellow Americans have to carry him semi-conscious for six hours?

5. How many troops did the General in charge of the Japanese forces command in January of 1945?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was Keezel?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Commandant Mori and Captain Tsuneyoshi, using examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Claire Phillips assisted in the resistance efforts against the Japanese.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, discuss how the Japanese viewed the prisoner-of-war status and what they would do to avoid becoming prisoners.

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