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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 did Dr. Hibbs go to medical school?

2. What were the Rangers taking to give to the prisoners if the raid was successful?

3. How many men was Dr. Hibbs responsible for in April of 1942?

4. What other historic event happened on the day that General King surrendered to the Japanese?

5. What did Colonel Tsuji once claim to have eaten?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did General Yamashita plan to conduct the withdrawal of his troops as the Americans forced the Japanese to withdraw?

2. What was The Military Field Code?

3. What is a reason the Japanese didn't review their evacuation plan when they realized there were more prisoners than previously estimated?

4. With surrender eminent, what were the men on Bataan who were fleeing from Japanese doing to their equipment?

5. Why was Dr. Ralph Hibbs lying delirious in a ditch at the beginning of Chapter 1?

6. Why didn't War Plan Orange succeed?

7. What type of equipment did Army photographers bring when they accompanied the Rangers on their rescue mission?

8. Who was Keezel?

9. How did Eugene Nielsen escape after the air-raid shelters at Puerto Princesa got set on fire?

10. Approximately how many died as the Americans and Filipinos moved north out of Bataan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the cultural differences that led to the disaster that became known as the Bataan Death March.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, discuss General Homma's plan for evacuating Americans and Filipinos from the Bataan peninsula and the flaws in his plan.

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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