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

2. What type of American plane flew over Cabanatuan as Mucci requested?

3. What type of weed were the Rangers stepping through on January 29?

4. What was Dr. Fisher's religious background?

5. What did Colonel Duckworth break when fleeing the camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who were evacuated from Platero and other barrios?

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

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

6. How did Pajota suggest that the injured prisoners be transported back to American lines?

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

8. When McCarty and some other prisoners went back to the Japanese side to find more food, what did they encounter on their way back?

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

10. What extensive underground developed that regularly smuggled goods into the camp at Cabanatuan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the rules and patterns that Bank observed about how to avoid punishment or death.

Essay Topic 3

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

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