View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What world record did Abraham break when he was 16?

2. What vitamin deficiency caused beriberi?

3. Who refused to go into the air-raid shelters on December 14?

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

5. What was Abraham's wife's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was Lieutenant Henry Lee?

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

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

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

8. Why didn't War Plan Orange succeed?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the Japanese treated prisoners of war and use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how and why the Filipinos helped Americans in the fight against the Japanese.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 802 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample