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

2. Why was Louis outside of the camp in Chapter 25?
(a) He was digging graves.
(b) He was being used as a human shield.
(c) He was going to get some meat.
(d) He was being transported to another camp.

3. What did Louis think Cynthia's parents found unacceptable?
(a) His Italian ethnicity and middle class origin.
(b) His military past.
(c) His low education.
(d) His religious background.

4. When was Cissy Zamperini born?
(a) Two weeks after Christmas.
(b) Two weeks after Easter.
(c) Two weeks after Halloween.
(d) Two weeks after Thanksgiving.

5. In what month and year does Chapter 25 begin?
(a) December, 1944.
(b) November,1944.
(c) October, 1944.
(d) September,1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Watanabe in late 1948?

2. What granted Louis a space of time to let it go?

3. What car did Louis buy prior to his wedding with Cynthia?

4. What would be worth going to a punishment camp according to Louis?

5. What was Louis suffering from in August, 1945?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plan did prisoners hatch in Chapter 20?

2. What happened when Louis was invited back to the radio station in Chapter 26?

3. Where were some of the prisoners sent in Chapter 27?

4. Why did Louis not strike back according to Chapter 24?

5. What had the Zamperini family been told according to Chapter 21?

6. What was Louis told about running again?

7. What did a few prisoners plan in 1944 in Chapter 22?

8. How did Watanabe change?

9. Why was Louis put on half rations in Chapter 28?

10. What did the prisoners of war learn in May,1945, according to Chapter 29?

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