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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the POW learn in Chapter 29?
(a) Germany had fallen.
(b) The landing in Normandy was successful.
(c) The Russians took over Stalingrad.
(d) Hiroshima was destroyed.

2. What were the names of Cynthia's two boyfriends when she met Louis?
(a) Mac and Mac.
(b) Mickey and Mac.
(c) Roger and Mac.
(d) Mac and Rick.

3. How was Watanabe "punished" for his mistreating of prisoners?
(a) He was sent to the front lines.
(b) He was transferred to another prison and promoted.
(c) He was honored by the Emperor himself.
(d) He was sent to a Kamikaze unit.

4. When was the policy in the rumor suppose to be activated?
(a) August 20, 1945.
(b) August 22, 1945.
(c) August 24, 1945.
(d) August 26, 1945.

5. When was Louis declared dead?
(a) May, 1944.
(b) June, 1944.
(c) July, 1944.
(d) March, 1944.

6. What was announced for 1948, 6 months after Louis' return from Japan?
(a) The next summer Olympics.
(b) Apartheid.
(c) A new Geneva Convention.
(d) The Cold War.

7. Who heard of Watanabe's cruelty and put pressure on the military to remedy the situation?
(a) The Mayor of the local village.
(b) A member of the Imperial Family.
(c) The Red Cross.
(d) A high ranking Japanese army.

8. What did Louis refrain from doing while being beaten?
(a) Submitting.
(b) Fighting back.
(c) Smiling.
(d) Screaming.

9. What was Louis suffering from in August, 1945?
(a) Scorbut.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Dengue feaver.
(d) Leprosy.

10. Where was the Omori POW camp located?
(a) Near Kobe.
(b) Near Tokyo.
(c) Near Kyoto.
(d) Near Yokohama.

11. When did Louis and Cynthia marry?
(a) May 25.
(b) May 17.
(c) May 30.
(d) May 20.

12. What did the Zamperini family hope for Louis?
(a) He was still alive.
(b) He was on a secret mission.
(c) He was not a POW.
(d) He died quickly.

13. What did the women look like to Ken Marvin?
(a) Mainly old ladies.
(b) Goddess.
(c) Simple.
(d) Sublime.

14. What did Tinker find in camp?
(a) A bottle of Sake.
(b) A victrola.
(c) A watch.
(d) A pistol.

15. Why did Lynn Moody recognize Louis?
(a) She saw him at a track meet.
(b) She went to USC with him.
(c) She grew up on the same street.
(d) She dated him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Watanabe sometimes do after beating a prisoner?

2. What did John Falconer survive?

3. What was Watanabe's nickname in Chapter 24?

4. What made an apperance shortly after Watanabe's departure from the camp?

5. How long after going missing was Louis declared dead?

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