Unbroken Part 1 Quiz

What was Louie like as a young kid?

• calm and obedient

• unruly and troublesome

• wild yet fearful

• intelligent yet ordinary

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

How did the American obsession with eugenics affect Louie?

• It terrified him because he was afraid he was just the kind of kid to be removed from the gene pool.

• It excited him because it was a controversial and daring scheme – just the kind of thing he loved.

• It scared him that people could be so cruel and inspired him to want to change the world.

• He knew very little about it. Even though lots of people were interested in and concerned with eugenics, Louie was just a kid and was only interested in his own life.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What led to Louie joining the track team?

• He had been running away from people his whole life, and once he got to high school, he realized his talent for running away could be used for athletic achievement.

• He was a shy kid, and joining the track team was something that would enable him to come out of his shell a bit and make friends.

• He knew the girls loved track stars, and he made it his goal to be as popular with the ladies as possible.

• He got in trouble at schools, and his brother, Pete, negotiated a deal with the principal wherein Louie would not get kicked out of school but had to join the track team.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which of the following occurs when Louie competes at the Olympic trials in New York?

I. His feet are burned from the heat of the track and the metal spikes on his shoes.

II. It is a close race, but the judges rule that Don Lash won the race.

III. Louie eats everything in sight and gains so much weight that he can barely run.

IV. Louie makes the Olympic team.

• II and III

• III and IV

• I, II, and IV

• I, II, III, and IV

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

After Louie returns from Germany, what becomes his singular focus?

• graduating from USC

• running a 4 minute mile

• working at Lockheed Air Corporation

• becoming a pilot

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

Where was Louie when Pearl Harbor was attacked?

• completing training in Santa Clarita

• at an air base in Hawaii

• at a theater in Texas

• in Germany

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

For quotes, identify context and significance.

“On the invitation of a friend, he went to stay in a cabin on the Cahuilla Indian Reservation, in southern California’s high desert.”

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Why doesn’t Louie compete in the 1500-meter race in the Olympics? What happens instead?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What happens when Louie tries to steal a Nazi flag from the Reich Chancellery?

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

For quotes, identify context and significance.

“The Olympics had been cancelled.”

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6