A War on Many Fronts

Question 1

Based on Beck’s account, what were some of the hardships that prisoners faced on the Bataan Death March? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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being forced to stand in the hot sun; enduring beatings; catching diseases; getting shot

Question 2

Based on Burgos’s account, why do you think the Japanese separated American and Filipino prisoners? Select the most likely answer.

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Japanese soldiers treated the two groups differently.

Question 3

How did the treatment of Americans at the prisoner of war camp compare with the treatment they received on the march through Bataan?

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Prisoners were treated poorly in both situations.

Question 4

How does this photo confirm or conflict with the passages you just read? Select the best answer.

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The photo confirms that many prisoners died from their treatment on the march.

Question 5

Dyess’s book was published when the war was still being fought. Beck and Burgos were interviewed in the 1990s, five decades after the war. How did Dyess’s account of the Bataan Death March differ from Beck’s and Burgos’s accounts? How were the accounts similar? Describe your answer in at least three sentences.

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the differences in how soon after the Bataan Death March the accounts were given the different perspectives of the three prisoners the similarities between the prisoners’ situations

Question 6

Did your answer include the following? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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the differences in how soon after the Bataan Death March the accounts were given; the different perspectives of the three prisoners; the similarities between the prisoners’ situations

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