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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 engines failed on Louis Zamperini 's plane?

2. Where were the 1936 Olympics held according to Chapter 3?

3. How was Louis Zamperini as a child?

4. What did the Japanese build in the Nauru?

5. What did Louis Zamperini think when the plane was about to crash?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom was Louis surprised to see at Ofuna?

2. What were "The Stinking Six" according to Chapter 10?

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

4. What was in the rafts?

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

6. Who was William Harris in Chapter 20?

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

8. What did the high school principal do in Chapter 2 and how did Pete help?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the history of eugenics in the United States and abroad. Compare eugenics in the United States with those practiced by the Nazis.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of the Geneva Convention and why Japan did not ratify the agreement.

Essay Topic 3

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

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