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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. Two weeks after the storehouse raids at Cabanatuan, what did Ralph Rodriguez weigh?

2. Where did armored vehicles park at Cabanatuan?

3. Where were women, children, and the elderly of Platero and other barrios sent for safety?

4. When did Corregidor surrender?

5. Who would fire the inaugural shot to start the raid?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the weed named cogon.

2. What did Captain Pajota suggest as cover for the Rangers as they wriggled to their positions in the fields?

3. How were most of the Cabanatuan prisoners transported back to the United States?

4. Describe what some of the prisoners were doing moments before the Rangers began the raid.

5. How did the villagers greet the Rangers when it came to Platero?

6. How was the Platero schoolhouse transformed into a makeshift hospital?

7. Why weren't the Signal Corps men as excited as the Rangers as the mission got underway?

8. In January, why did the Japanese shut down the Farm at Cabanatuan?

9. What was special about the P-61 plane?

10. What were some valuables that the prisoners stowed around the camp that they weren't allowed to take with them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the intelligence Mucci received and why it influenced his decision to delay the rescue mission for 24 hours.

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