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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. What did Phil and Mac need help with?

2. Whose control were Marshall and Gilbert Island under?

3. How did prisoners in Louis camp communicate with each other?

4. Who took the lead in Louis Zamperini's qualifying race?

5. What plane did Louis and the men in the raft signal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Phil directed to take in Chapter 11?

2. What devastated Louis according to Chapter 5?

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

4. What was Louis overwhelmed by in Chapter 4?

5. Where did Louis find himself?

6. What happened after 27 days on the raft according to Chapter 15?

7. Who was William Harris in Chapter 20?

8. What happened to the Super Man in Chapter 9?

9. What did Louis sign an agreement to do?

10. What could the men not stomach in Chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the role that the Army Air Corps had in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

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

Examine the time spent in the raft in the Pacific and the significance of the decisions made during this time.

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