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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Cabanatuan mean?
(a) Place of the rivers.
(b) Place of goats.
(c) Place of the headhunters.
(d) Place of rocks.

2. What had the prisoners at Puerto Princesa Prison Camp been building during their internment?
(a) Guard towers.
(b) Fences.
(c) An airstrip.
(d) Barracks.

3. On the morning of December 14, where did a Japanese seaplane spot a convoy of American destroyers and battleships?
(a) The Sea of Japan.
(b) The South China Sea.
(c) The East China Sea.
(d) The Sulu Sea.

4. What mountains bordered the flat sugar country the Rangers drove through on their way to Cabanatuan?
(a) Kalatungan.
(b) Zambales and Cordillera Central.
(c) Kitanglad.
(d) Caraballo and Chocolate Hills.

5. Who rode at the head of the column of Rangers?
(a) Ranger Dykes.
(b) Colonel Mucci.
(c) First Lieutenant Lueddeke.
(d) Captain Prince.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men could fit in the air-raid shelters at Puerto Princesa Prison Camp?

2. Where did Reed Shurtleff attend college?

3. Where were the Army photographers from who accompanied the Rangers on their rescue mission?

4. In December, where did the Japanese bombers and Zeros catch a large part of the American Air Force of the Far East on the ground?

5. What type of planes did the prisoners see after the air-raid alarm sounded on December 14?

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