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

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

3. What did Louis do when given the text to read?
(a) He read it in a joking tone.
(b) He crumpled the paper.
(c) He pretended not to know how to read.
(d) He refused to read it.

4. What was Louis in high demand for in Chapter 34?
(a) By authors wanting to write a book about him.
(b) By military families wondering if he had seen their missing loved ones.
(c) Debreifing for the military.
(d) Speaking engagements.

5. 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 make contact with the Japanese resistance.
(d) Planning to take over the camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John Falconer survive?

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

3. What day was Mother's Day for Louis' mother following his release?

4. Who heard of Watanabe's cruelty and put pressure on the military to remedy the situation?

5. How high was the pile of wood made from the camp's fence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Lynn Moody?

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

4. What did the Japanese police do in Chapter 36?

5. Why was Louis in high demand?

6. What was Louis told about running again?

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

8. What had found its way to the Japanese royal family?

9. What plan did prisoners hatch in Chapter 20?

10. What was found on a mountainside?

(see the answer keys)

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