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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sentence was Jimmie Sasaki given?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 8 years.

2. What was the Naoetsu camp?
(a) A slave labor camp.
(b) A Kill All camp.
(c) A POW camp.
(d) A concentration camp.

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

4. What were Louis' nightmares about?
(a) The Racoon.
(b) The Beaver.
(c) The Quack.
(d) The Bird.

5. Why did Lynn Moody recognize Louis?
(a) She grew up on the same street.
(b) She saw him at a track meet.
(c) She went to USC with him.
(d) She dated him.

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

7. When was Louis declared dead?
(a) March, 1944.
(b) May, 1944.
(c) July, 1944.
(d) June, 1944.

8. Where were the POWs headed after leaving Naoetsu?
(a) Kyoto.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Kobe.
(d) Yokohama.

9. For what reason did Cynthia ask her father for money?
(a) For a down payment.
(b) For a trip to Japan.
(c) To buy a car.
(d) To come home and file for divorce.

10. What did Harris spend the summer of 1944 doing according to Chapter 22?
(a) Planning to take over the camp.
(b) Planning to kill guards.
(c) Planning an escape.
(d) Planning to make contact with the Japanese resistance.

11. Who heard of Watanabe's cruelty and put pressure on the military to remedy the situation?
(a) A member of the Imperial Family.
(b) A high ranking Japanese army.
(c) The Red Cross.
(d) The Mayor of the local village.

12. What car did Louis buy prior to his wedding with Cynthia?
(a) A Buick convertible.
(b) A Ford convertible.
(c) An Edsel.
(d) A Chevy convertible.

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

14. When was Hiroshima bombed?
(a) August 7, 1945.
(b) August 5, 1945.
(c) August 6, 1945.
(d) August 8, 1945.

15. What did the POW learn in Chapter 29?
(a) The landing in Normandy was successful.
(b) The Russians took over Stalingrad.
(c) Hiroshima was destroyed.
(d) Germany had fallen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Louis damage in Naoetsu?

2. What would Watanabe sometimes do after beating a prisoner?

3. What did the women look like to Ken Marvin?

4. When did Cynthia first meet the Zanperini family?

5. What did the prisoners spot for the first time soon after Louis' trip outside the camp?

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