Unbroken Preface- Ch.7

Unbroken is a biography, a true story, about Louie Zamperini

• False

• No answer in text provided

• True

• No answer in text provided

What passed over Torrance, CA, when Louie was twelve years old?

• Air Force One

• Graf Zeppelin

• The Hindenburg

• A Japenese Bomber

When Louie was a boy, he

•  

  was a model child

• moved from Italy to the US

•  

  smoked, drank, ran from the police, and stole

  
  

•  

  motivated his brother Pete to run track

  
  

What did Louie want to be before he entered high school?

•  

  a pilot

•  

  a hero

•  

  an Olympian

•  

  a cowboy

Louie qualified for the Olympics in his best event, the mile run.

•  

  No answer text provided.

  
  

•  

  No answer text provided.

  
  

• false

• true

When Louie went to the 1936 Olympics,

•  

  he gained too much weight to compete

  
  

•  

  he won the gold medal

  
  

•  

  Hitler commented on his fast finish

  
  

•  

  he was on his best behavior

  
  

In early 1941, Louie joined the Army Air Corps.

•  

  No answer text provided.

  
  

•  

  false

  
  

•  

  No answer text provided.

  
  

•  

  true

  
  

The "Flying Coffin" was another way of referring to

•  

  the B-24

  
  

•  

  the Japanese bomber

  
  

•  

  Phil's first airplane

  
  

•  

  Louie's favorite airplane

  
  

Louie's crew named their plane

•  

  The Flying Coffin

  
  

•  

  The Bad Penny

  
  

•  

  Super Man

  
  

•  

  Axis Grinder

  
  

Why did Phil wear one pant leg shorter than the other?

•  

  it was the style at the time

  
  

•  

  the reason was not known

  
  

•  

  to make Cecy happy

  
  

•  

  so he looked taller