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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 did a Filipino tell Eugene Neilsen after Neilsen asked the man to write the War Department about the massacre at Puerto Princesa?

3. How far were the rangers from Cabanatuan when they stopped to begin marching on foot?

4. Who had found a monkey in New Guinea and brought it with him to the Philippines?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Mucci want photographers to accompany the Rangers on their rescue mission?

5. Who was Lieutenant Henry Lee?

6. Why were the Japanese gathering in Cabanatuan?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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