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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why were the enlisted men taken outside the camp?
(a) To wash clothes in the river.
(b) To be used as human shields.
(c) To bury fellow prisoners.
(d) To work as slaves.

4. What would be worth going to a punishment camp according to Louis?
(a) Getting away from Watanabe.
(b) Getting to a camp with better water.
(c) Getting away from the food at his current camp.
(d) Getting away from the prime bombing target Tokyo.

5. Who was transferred to Omori in Chapter 27?
(a) Phil.
(b) Robert Helis.
(c) MacNamara.
(d) Bill Harris.

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

7. What did John Falconer survive?
(a) The Oklahoma Sinking.
(b) The Shanghai Massacre.
(c) The Burma disaster.
(d) The Bataan Death March.

8. What car did Louis buy prior to his wedding with Cynthia?
(a) A Ford convertible.
(b) An Edsel.
(c) A Buick convertible.
(d) A Chevy convertible.

9. Why was it an advantage to have the enlisted men go outside the camp.
(a) They could get some exercize.
(b) They could sneak back food and other items.
(c) They could see Japan.
(d) They could gather information about the Allied forces.

10. What was the nickname of the Japanese prison medical officer that discovered Harris's plans?
(a) The Beaver.
(b) The Swan.
(c) The Shark.
(d) The Quack.

11. How much money did the man who was proposing to resell earth moving equipment to the Philippines ask Louis for?
(a) $7,000.
(b) $8,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $6,000.

12. What did the POW find as the walked down the mountain to the nearest village?
(a) A party.
(b) American troops.
(c) Japanese POWs.
(d) Ghost towns.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many war criminals were convicted in Japan?

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

3. How often were local police departments told to report on their hunt for Watanabe?

4. What did the Zamperini family hope for Louis?

5. What sentence was Jimmie Sasaki given?

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