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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 was lost during the crash?

2. Where were the 1940's Olympics supposed to take place?

3. In what year did Germany and Japan start invading other countries according to Chapter 5?

4. When were Louis Zamperini and his crew sent to active duty according to Chapter 7?

5. What did Louis give to the Japanese interrogating him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was in the rafts?

2. What was Louis overwhelmed by in Chapter 4?

3. From whom did Louis receive congratulations?

4. What did Louis find when examining his cell in Chapter 18?

5. Who was Louis the opposite of according to Chapter 1?

6. What did Louis realize Mac had done in Chapter 13?

7. What devastated Louis according to Chapter 5?

8. Whom was Louis surprised to see at Ofuna?

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

10. What call came just before Christmas of 1942 according to Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the role of propaganda during World War II and discuss why it may have been important to gather influential/well-known POWs for the propaganda.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the role the Zamperini family had in Louis' failures and successes.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what methods Hillenbrand may have used to write the book "Unbroken" and why she relied on research and witness accounts for her writing.

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