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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. Where did the Bird make the men stand to strike each other's faces?

2. What did Louis damage in Naoetsu?

3. What were Louis' nightmares about?

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

5. What did John Falconer survive?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Watanabe change?

2. How did life change when Louis decided competing again was impossible according to Chapter 35?

3. What did a few prisoners plan in 1944 in Chapter 22?

4. Why was Louis put on half rations in Chapter 28?

5. Who was Cynthia Applewhite?

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

7. What had found its way to the Japanese royal family?

8. Who was Mutsuhiro Watanabe according to Chapter 23?

9. What plan did prisoners hatch in Chapter 20?

10. What was found on a mountainside?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role that running and the Olympics had in Louis Zamperini's life.

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