Unbroken quiz

What was Louie like as a young kid?

• calm and obedient

• unruly and troublesome

• wild yet fearful

• intelligent yet ordinary

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

By what means did Louis Zamperini go to Germany in Chapter 4?

• On a Navy ship.

• By plane.

• By luxury steamer.

• On a Zepplin.

What was Louis Zamperini overwhelmed by on the trip to Germany?

• The luxury of the boat and the food.

• The discipline of the Navy ship.

• The size of the Zepplin.

• The speed of the plane.

How much weight did Louis Zamperini gain on the trip to Germany from the time he got on the boat?

• 10 pounds.

• 13 pounds.

• 15 pounds.

• 12 pounds.