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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 day was Mother's Day for Louis' mother following his release?

2. What did John Falconer survive?

3. When does Chapter 29 begin?

4. Why did the prisoners nickname the guards?

5. How long had Louis been in Japan in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Louis told about running again?

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

3. Who was Lynn Moody?

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

5. What had the Zamperini family been told according to Chapter 21?

6. Why was Louis in high demand?

7. Where was Louis taken one day?

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

9. Who appeared alive in Chapter 37?

10. Why were some of the guards fearful?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Examine the reasons that Mutsuhiro Watanbe gave for his cruel treatment of prisoners.

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