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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. Who walked Cynthia down the aisle?

2. How much money did the man who was proposing to resell earth moving equipment to the Philippines ask Louis for?

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

4. How many officers were involved in tracking down Watanabe in one prefecture?

5. When was the policy in the rumor suppose to be activated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Louis have difficulty with when he returned home according to Chapter 34?

2. Why were some of the guards fearful?

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

4. What was Louis told about running again?

5. Who often returned to the camp in Chapter 22?

6. Who was Cynthia Applewhite?

7. What was the graffiti described in Chapter 25 referring to?

8. What happened after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Chapter 31?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of post-traumatic stress disorder in war veterans from the Pacific Theater and why each veteran needed to find his own path.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss whether the United States needed to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in order to end World War II.

Essay Topic 3

Choose two men described in the book and compare their lives before and after their time as prisoners of war.

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