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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 did the Navy men use to sound the half hours of each day at Cabanatuan?

2. Who was the most reluctant prisoner to leave the camp?

3. Approximately how tall was the gate at the main entrance to Cabanatuan?

4. Who was able to calm the prisoners when locked below the decks on the Oryoku Maru?

5. After prisoners shipped out of Cabanatuan, who became the commanding American officer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the villagers greet the Rangers when it came to Platero?

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

3. What would Prince oversee as assault commander?

4. What was special about the P-61 plane?

5. How did Nellist remove a metal fragment from Rounsaville?

6. How were most of the Cabanatuan prisoners transported back to the United States?

7. What happened when Tommie Thomas caught diphtheria?

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

9. How was the barking problem in Platero solved?

10. What was an aswang?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book, discuss the retreat of the Japanese in 1945 and how their commander attempted to keep the retreat from being a rout.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why the prisoners at Cabanatuan considered themselves the ghosts of Bataan.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Colonel Masanobu Tsuji and General Homma, using examples from the book.

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