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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day was Mother's Day for Louis' mother following his release?
(a) September 5.
(b) September 12.
(c) September 9.
(d) September 7.

2. What enraged The Bird?
(a) Prisoner's pride.
(b) Prisoners refusing to commit suicide.
(c) American bomber raids.
(d) Prisoner resistance.

3. When was Hiroshima bombed?
(a) August 5, 1945.
(b) August 8, 1945.
(c) August 6, 1945.
(d) August 7, 1945.

4. Who inspected the prisoners at their arrival at Naoetsu camp?
(a) The Beaver.
(b) The Crotal.
(c) The Bird.
(d) The Quack.

5. What did Louis think Cynthia's parents found unacceptable?
(a) His Italian ethnicity and middle class origin.
(b) His religious background.
(c) His military past.
(d) His low education.

6. What did the prisoners spot for the first time soon after Louis' trip outside the camp?
(a) A large plane.
(b) A new Japanese battlecruiser.
(c) A Japanese tank.
(d) A small plane.

7. How long after going missing was Louis declared dead?
(a) 19 months.
(b) 13 months.
(c) 16 months.
(d) 12 months.

8. Why did the prisoners nickname the guards?
(a) The guards never told their names.
(b) They couldn't remember their names.
(c) The prisoners wanted to create their own language.
(d) They could talk about them without retaliation.

9. Who did Watanabe feel was the only one who could judge him?
(a) The Emperor.
(b) God.
(c) His commanding officer.
(d) Japanese tribunals.

10. Who was tracking down war criminals in Japan in Chapter 36?
(a) The Japanese police.
(b) The Armerican secret service.
(c) The American military.
(d) The FBI.

11. What would Watanabe sometimes do after beating a prisoner?
(a) Go back and apologize.
(b) Go back and beat the ones treating his wounds.
(c) Go back and kill him.
(d) Transfer the prisoner to another camp.

12. Where was Watanabe in late 1948?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Kyoto.
(c) Kobe.
(d) Yokohama.

13. How high was the pile of wood made from the camp's fence?
(a) 50 feet.
(b) 60 feet.
(c) 45 feet.
(d) 20 feet.

14. When does Chapter 29 begin?
(a) July, 1945.
(b) June, 1945.
(c) March, 1945.
(d) May, 1945.

15. What rumor began to circulate in Japanese camp in 1945 according to Chapter 29?
(a) The no surrender policy.
(b) The kill all policy.
(c) The Emperor must survive policy.
(d) The liberation policy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Zamperini's family told about him according to Chapter 21?

2. What was Louis given to read in Chapter 26 when he went back to the radio station?

3. What did the POW find as the walked down the mountain to the nearest village?

4. Who heard of Watanabe's cruelty and put pressure on the military to remedy the situation?

5. What was Louis suffering from in August, 1945?

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