I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941

After they moved to Hawaii, Danny’s mother began her job as a …..

• nurse at an air base hospital

• fish cleaner in a cannery

• typist in a naval supply office

• teacher in an elementary school

Mrs. Mills had given Danny and Finn 100 percent on a spelling test when ….

• they skipped school to watch for German U-boats

• she saw a poster they made for the USO fundraiser

• she heard their fathers joined the army

• they drove off Earl’s boys, who were bullying fifth graders

Danny rescued Aki from a …

• charging wild boar in the backyard

• small, unexploded bomb that had fallen in the street

• large yellow snake in the flower garden

• truck careening out of control after being hit by bullets

What did Aki show Danny after Danny ate lunch with the Sudos?

• a brand-new radio on their mantle

• a tiny white puppy asleep in a large laundry basket

• a ukulele his father made by hand

• a sketchbook with drawings of warplanes and warships

After the attack began, Mrs. Sudo pleaded with Danny to ….

• take Aki and run to the cane fields

• rescue animals from the burning barn

• stay with her and Aki in the root cellar

• go with her to find Mr. Sudo’s fishing boat

How did Danny get to Hickam after the explosion on the beach?

• His mother’s friend, Mack, drove him in his car.

• Mr. Sudo put him on the handlebars of his motorbike.

• He waded out to the dinghy and rowed it to the harbor.

• Two soldiers on a morning swim carried him.

What did Danny do after Mack was injured in the crater?

• He wrapped the shirt from his stowaway kit around Mack’s left leg.

• He ran through the machine gun fire to get help from the hospital.

• He started the colonel’s car and drove Mack and others to the hospital.

• He took a bicycle from the hanger and used it to get Mack to safety.

What present did Danny give to Aki two days after the attack?

• the B-17 model the colonel presented to Danny for his heroism.

• the shrapnel that the doctors had taken out of Mack’s leg

• a gold wings pin that an airman had given to Danny

• a harmonica that Danny had planned to take back to New York

Mrs. Sudo told Danny that her husband had been…

• badly burned when his car was hit as he sped home.

• nearly drowned after his fishing boat sank in the attack.

• shipped out with his unit before she could say goodbye.

• taken to jail by police, who thought he was a spy.

What did Ma learn about Finn when she called New York?

• His ship to Hawaii had returned safely after news of the attack.

• He and his mom were moving in with her parents in Virginia.

• He was out of the hospital and staying with Mrs. Mills.

• He had gotten into trouble again, and his pa sent him to military school.