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Unbroken Part III Vocabulary & Historical Terms

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does dire mean?

a)

good luck

b)

sick

c)

hard working

d)

urgent and desperate

2.

Something that is flexible and bends easily is what?

a)

surley

b)

lithe

c)

miscreant

d)

aprapos

3.

What type of sores are caused by wet, saltwater soaked clothing rubbing against skin?

a)

salt sores

b)

bed sores

c)

raft sores

d)

crash sores

4.

This parasitic insect infested Louie's beard after he bit into the bird.

a)

albatross

b)

squall

c)

lice

d)

tern

5.

What is a squall?

a)

a sudden and severe storm

b)

a type of bug

c)

a type of bird

d)

the ability to bend; limber

6.

What word means "to shoot at someone via an airplane machine gun"?

a)

dire

b)

strafe

c)

squall

d)

louse

7.

What did Louie tie around his waist so the current wouldn't carry him away from the life raft?

a)

fuselage

b)

turret

c)

jettison

d)

tether

8.

Prior to the sharks leaping out of the water to devour Louie's head, they circled the raft __________________ and Louie thought they looked beautiful.

a)

spasmodically

b)

placidly

c)

horrifically

d)

wickedly

9.

This area of water near the equator is known for its windless stillness.

a)

the Graf Zeppelin

b)

the rape of Nanking

c)

the doldrums

d)

the Bermuda triangle

10.

To be deeply respectful is to be what?

a)

reverent

b)

rambunctious

c)

raucous

d)

rancid

11.

Even though Louie was hallucinating, he believed he was __________.

a)

ominous

b)

stealthy

c)

lucid

d)

raucous

12.

What is "gyrating"?

a)

a technique for catching fish

b)

the last stage of starvation

c)

moving in a circular motion like a spiral

d)

a type of machine gun

13.

What is the word for "to discipline severely"?

a)

turret

b)

doldrum

c)

converse

d)

chastise

14.

Why was Kwajalein a horrifying place?

a)

It was nicknamed "Execution Island."

b)

It was home to the largest great white sharks.

c)

It was where bombs were made.

d)

The air on Kwajalein was toxic.