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

2. What day was Mother's Day for Louis' mother following his release?
(a) September 7.
(b) September 9.
(c) September 5.
(d) September 12.

3. Louis was taken to ____________ in Tokyo.
(a) A radio factory.
(b) A radio broadcasting station.
(c) A farm.
(d) A military office.

4. What rumor began to circulate in Japanese camp in 1945 according to Chapter 29?
(a) The liberation policy.
(b) The no surrender policy.
(c) The kill all policy.
(d) The Emperor must survive policy.

5. How long had Louis been in Japan in Chapter 25?
(a) 15 months.
(b) 11 months.
(c) 13 months.
(d) 17 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Omori POW camp located?

2. What granted Louis a space of time to let it go?

3. What did Harris plan to do if the plan succeeded?

4. What was Zamperini's family told about him according to Chapter 21?

5. Who was transferred to Omori in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the Bird do at the center of the camp?

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

4. Why was Louis in high demand?

5. Who was Lynn Moody?

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

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

8. Who appeared alive in Chapter 37?

9. How did Watanabe change?

10. What was Louis told about running again?

(see the answer keys)

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