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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 was Bertram Bank raised?

2. What was Colonel Tsuji called by the young Japanese officers?

3. What did the prisoners call the Battan Death March at the time that they were making the trip?

4. What agricultural outpost did the Ranger convoy reach around 7:15 a.m.?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Lieutenant Henry Lee?

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

4. Why didn't War Plan Orange succeed?

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

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

7. What concern did Major Robert Lapham present to G-2 officer Horton White?

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

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

10. What was The Military Field Code?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the aphorism, "There are no atheists in foxholes," and how it applied to Captain Bank.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from "Ghost Soldiers," discuss how and why the Cabanatuan prisoners organized the camp.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the reactions of the prisoners during the rescue and why some of the prisoners fought the rescue.

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