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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the nickname of Francis MacNamara?
(a) Bill.
(b) Franky.
(c) Nama.
(d) Mac.

2. What was the nickname of the man who trained Louis Zamperini?
(a) Phil.
(b) Armand.
(c) Rick.
(d) Bill.

3. What did the guard who was kinder to Louis teach him?
(a) Japanese customs.
(b) Japanese words.
(c) How to talk with respect to guards.
(d) How to sneak in food.

4. Where were the 1936 Olympics held according to Chapter 3?
(a) London.
(b) Pairs.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Tokyo.

5. How did Louis try to signal the plane they saw?
(a) A flare.
(b) A white shirt.
(c) A hand mirror and signal dye.
(d) A fire.

6. Louis Zamperini enlisted in ___________.
(a) THe U.S. Army.
(b) The Marines.
(c) The U.S. Navy.
(d) The Army Air Corp.

7. What was the table Louis was brought to to be interrogated loaded with?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Maps.
(c) Food.
(d) Torture tools.

8. How was Louis Zamperini as a child?
(a) He was a quiet and a loner.
(b) He was a troublemaker.
(c) He was the clown of the class.
(d) He was quiet, but friendly.

9. What was the nickname of the B-24 bomber according to Chapter 6?
(a) The Flying Marmot.
(b) The Death From Above.
(c) The Flying Death.
(d) The Flying Coffin.

10. What did the Japanese build in the Nauru?
(a) An air strip.
(b) A phosphate mine.
(c) A plane factory.
(d) A repair facility.

11. Where were the 1940's Olympics supposed to take place?
(a) New York.
(b) London.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Paris.

12. What nickname was given to the Japanese bombers that raided Fanafuti?
(a) The Annoying Six.
(b) The Small Six.
(c) The Stinking Six.
(d) The Gross Six.

13. What position did Jimmie Sasaki have in the POW camp Louis was at?
(a) Head interrogator.
(b) Head translator.
(c) Head medic.
(d) Head guard.

14. What engines failed on Louis Zamperini 's plane?
(a) One right engine.
(b) Both left engines.
(c) Both right engines.
(d) One left engine and one right engine.

15. Where did Louis Zamperini live as a child?
(a) Italy and New York.
(b) Italy and California.
(c) New York and Boston.
(d) New York and California.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Phil do before slipping into unconsciousness?

2. What was lost during the crash?

3. What was the name of the plane Louis Zamperini and his crew were assigned to in Chapter 11?

4. Where were Louis Zamperini and his crew sent to after getting their plane?

5. How much weight did Louis Zamperini gain on the trip to Germany from the time he got on the boat?

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