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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the 1940's Olympics supposed to take place?

2. How long after the crash were the men classified as lost at sea?

3. By what means did Louis Zamperini go to Germany in Chapter 4?

4. What did the small island Phil and Louis see turn out to be?

5. Whose voice did Louis hear as he surfaced after the crash according to Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Louis the opposite of according to Chapter 1?

2. What did Phil and Louis reason about in Chapter 17?

3. What happened when Phil and Louis were taken to Ofuna according to Chapter 19?

4. Who was Russell Phillips?

5. What did Louis sign an agreement to do?

6. What did Louis realize Mac had done in Chapter 13?

7. What was Louis' goal in Chapter 3?

8. What did Louis find when examining his cell in Chapter 18?

9. How does the preface of "Unbroken" begin?

10. What was in the rafts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role that running and the Olympics had in Louis Zamperini's life.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of the Geneva Convention and why Japan did not ratify the agreement.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what methods Hillenbrand may have used to write the book "Unbroken" and why she relied on research and witness accounts for her writing.

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