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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. Who was the most reluctant prisoner to leave the camp?

2. What name got painted on the American plane that flew over Cabanatuan?

3. What did the locals give the Rangers when they stopped in Balincarin?

4. What was the most popular class in the prison, "University of the Far East"?

5. Who was the second Ranger to enter Cabanatuan?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Platero made the Ranger staging area and bivouac site?

2. When the Rangers began getting sleepy on the march, what were they given to keep them awake?

3. Describe the weed named cogon.

4. What concerns did Mucci have about the guerrillas as they readied to attack Cabanatuan?

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

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

7. What would Prince oversee as assault commander?

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

9. How did Teddy Richardson get the padlock open on the front gate?

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

Using examples from the book, discuss the retreat of the Japanese in 1945 and how their commander attempted to keep the retreat from being a rout.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the meaning of Henry Lee's poem quoted in Chapter 5, as it related to the prisoners at Cabanatuan.

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