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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Japanese man tell Louis about the MIA Marines listed on the cell wall in Kwajalein?
(a) They all killed themselves.
(b) They were all freed.
(c) They were all transfered.
(d) They were all executed.

2. What were large contributors to the death rate of airmen during the early stages of the war according to Chapter 8?
(a) Bad weather forcecasts.
(b) Faulty fuel.
(c) Weather and mechanical problems.
(d) Bad training.

3. What plane did Louis and the men in the raft signal?
(a) A British fighter.
(b) A Japanese fighter.
(c) An American fighter.
(d) An American bomber.

4. How many squares of chocolate were the men on the raft supposed to have each day?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

5. What did Phil and Mac need help with?
(a) Getting away from the sharks.
(b) Getting back on the raft.
(c) Firing the flare.
(d) Bandaging their wounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Louis Zamperini and his crew experience devastating mechanical problems in Chapter 8?

2. When did Louis and Phil see an island?

3. What did Phil do before slipping into unconsciousness?

4. How was Louis Zamperini as a child?

5. What was the table Louis was brought to to be interrogated loaded with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Louis sign an agreement to do?

2. Where did Louis find himself?

3. What was Louis able to do in Chapter 12?

4. What do statistics show in Chapter 8?

5. What could the men not stomach in Chapter 14?

6. What devastated Louis according to Chapter 5?

7. Whom was Louis surprised to see at Ofuna?

8. What happened to Mac in Chapter 16?

9. What happened after 27 days on the raft according to Chapter 15?

10. What reputation did the B-24 bomber have in Chapter 6?

(see the answer keys)

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