Unbroken Ch 12-17

Of the following, who was not a survivor of the crash?

• Pillsbury
• Louie
• Phil
• Mac

Which was not a characteristic of the life rafts?

• The rafts were yellow.
• There was a rope attached to each raft.
• The rafts had built-in sonar technology.
• The rafts were about six feet long and two feet wide.

Why did Phil hand command to Louie?

• Command always changed hands when a plane crashed.
• Phil had decided to quit the army.
• It was Louie’s turn to be the leader.
• Phil was too injured to fulfill his duties, and Louie had less serious injuries.

What heroic acts did Louie do within minutes of the plane’s crashing?

• He pulled the lever which inflated the life rafts, and he sounded the alarm.
• He retrieved the life rafts and tended to Phil’s head wound.
• He sounded the alarm, and he retrieved the black box recorder.
• He stitched up Mac’s head wound and applied salve to Phil’s burns.

What did Mac do the first night at sea?

• He set Phil’s broken bone.
• He wrote a letter to his girlfriend.
• He ate all the chocolate bars.
• He fended off the sharks with the oar.

How did the men get drinking water?

• Each had their own water in their parachutes.
• They put salt tablets into the seawater and purified the water for drinking.
• They drank the seawater.
• They collected rainwater to drink.

What knowledge did Louie apply from the Rickenbacker story?

• He knew the men had to keep their minds sharp to prevent going insane.
• He knew the men had to tend to their salt sores, otherwise they might get gangrene.
• He knew the men had to purify the saltwater or else they would poison themselves.
• He knew the men would have to operate the sonar device by hand in order to be rescued.

What type of bird did the men eat and use as bait?

• hawk
• seagull
• albatross
• vulture

Which was not one of the things the men ate at sea?

• shark liver

• birds

• fish

• octopus

Which was not one of the obstacles the men faced while at sea?

• They were shot by a Japanese bomber.
• They were harassed by sharks.
• Their skin ached from salt sores and sunburn.
• They had to perform a surgery with only pliers and a fish hook.