View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Harris plan to do if the plan succeeded?
(a) Join the Japanese resistance movement.
(b) Go to China.
(c) Try to maintain communication.
(d) Try to blend in while in Japan.

2. Louis was taken to ____________ in Tokyo.
(a) A military office.
(b) A farm.
(c) A radio factory.
(d) A radio broadcasting station.

3. For what reason did Cynthia ask her father for money?
(a) To buy a car.
(b) For a down payment.
(c) To come home and file for divorce.
(d) For a trip to Japan.

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

5. Who walked Cynthia down the aisle?
(a) Cynthia's father.
(b) Louis' brother.
(c) One of Louis' college friends.
(d) Louis' father.

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

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

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

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

10. What did Harris spend the summer of 1944 doing according to Chapter 22?
(a) Planning to kill guards.
(b) Planning an escape.
(c) Planning to take over the camp.
(d) Planning to make contact with the Japanese resistance.

11. What was Watanabe's nickname in Chapter 24?
(a) The Beaver.
(b) The Dog.
(c) The Bird.
(d) The Lion.

12. How long had Louis been in Japan in Chapter 25?
(a) 13 months.
(b) 11 months.
(c) 17 months.
(d) 15 months.

13. What did the American troops do to Kwajalein?
(a) They preserved it.
(b) They demolished it.
(c) They transformed it into a hopsital.
(d) They turned it into a command center.

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

15. What sentence was Jimmie Sasaki given?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 4 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many officers were involved in tracking down Watanabe in one prefecture?

2. When was Cissy Zamperini born?

3. How long after Louis left Omori was 16 square miles of Tokyo incinerated?

4. What were Louis' nightmares about?

5. How many war criminals were convicted in Japan?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 358 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample