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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. What was the name of a hated guard who watched over prisoners working on the Farm?

2. How far would the Rangers have to crawl on their stomachs toward the camp?

3. Who was the American provost-marshal in charge of perimeter patrols at Cabanatuan?

4. Where did Bill Nellist grow up?

5. Who was killed by friendly fire at Cabanatuan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was the last prisoner left in Cabanatuan and why was he left there?

3. Why weren't the Signal Corps men as excited as the Rangers as the mission got underway?

4. Why wasn't Prince worried about informants when they arrived in Balincarin and learned that people knew all about the Rangers' mission?

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

6. Describe the weed named cogon.

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

8. What was an aswang?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the Japanese treated prisoners of war and use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Claire Phillips assisted in the resistance efforts against the Japanese.

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