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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of gun did most Rangers, including Captain Prince, carry?
(a) Cabines.
(b) .45 caliber pistols.
(c) M-1 Garand.
(d) Thompson submachine guns.

2. How far were the rangers from Cabanatuan when they stopped to begin marching on foot?
(a) 60 miles.
(b) 25 miles.
(c) 30 miles.
(d) 45 miles.

3. What other historic event happened on the day that General King surrendered to the Japanese?
(a) The Battle of Gettysburg began.
(b) General Lee surrendered to General Grant.
(c) Abraham Lincoln was shot.
(d) The fall of Fort Sumter.

4. When General King was about to surrender, how much food did his quartermaster report that he had to dole out to the men?
(a) One ration.
(b) Two rations.
(c) Three rations.
(d) One half of a ration.

5. What was at the rear of the soldiers who were trying to flee to Mariveles?
(a) The Pacific Sea.
(b) The South China Sea.
(c) The Sulu Sea.
(d) The Philippine Sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the principal island in the Philippines?

2. Where were the 6th Army headquarters that the Rangers reached a few minutes after starting their mission on January 28?

3. Where were the Rangers encamped on January 28, 1945?

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

5. Who refused to go into the air-raid shelters on December 14?

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