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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. Why did the prisoners nickname the guards?

2. Why was it an advantage to have the enlisted men go outside the camp.

3. What did Louis damage in Naoetsu?

4. How did the prisoner know that something big happened in Chapter 31?

5. In what month and year does Chapter 25 begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where was Louis hospitalized in Chapter 33?

5. What was found on a mountainside?

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

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

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

9. Why was Louis in high demand?

10. Who appeared alive in Chapter 37?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of POW camps and the treatment received by the prisoners and what prisoners did in the camps.

Essay Topic 3

Compare Allied aircraft, especially that of the United States with the strength of Japanese forces. Discuss why the B-29 bomber was capable of instilling fear in the Japanese.

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