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- 1. Multiple Choice
When Louie was first placed in his cell on Execution Island, he:
was defiant and angry
made a plan to escape
couldn't breathe
started crying
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why was Louie treated differently than most other POWs?
He was an officer.
He was a famous Olympian.
He had Japanese ancestors.
He went to college in Japan.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following events happened FIRST?
Louie follows the Bird from Omori to Naoetsu.
Louie is liberated from Naoetsu.
The Bird chooses Louie to terrorize in Omori.
Louie and Phil survive Execution Island.
- 4. Multiple Choice
The "stubborn retention" of what could keep a man alive long past when his body would give up?
Dignity
Water
Rice
Hope
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of these did not happen to Louie?
Louie had to run a race against a Japanese runner.
Louie had to care for a sickly goat.
Louie was used as a test subject for a medical experiment.
Louie was sent on a death march.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why does Louie say prisoners stole things? Choose the BEST answer.
They were hungry.
It was an act of defiance; help them feel in control of their lives.
They were kleptomaniacs.
Their commander told them to.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Right after liberation, when asked about his experience, Louie said:
He came out stronger.
He forgives his captors.
His family's hope got him through it.
He would kill himself if he had to do it again.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who is Colonel Watanabe?
The Emperor of Japan
The Bird; terrorizes Louie
The kind on Kwajalein
The doctor who experimented on Louie
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following events occurred last?
Louie is moved from Omori to Naoetsu.
Louie is spared execution on Kwajalein and moved to Ofuna.
Louie is transferred from a hospital to Kwajalein.
Louie moves from Ofuna to Omori.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why were Japanese prison guards particularly brutal?
POW camp guard was the worst job in the military.
Japanese feared humiliation, so they humiliated POWs.
The Japanese look down on those who have been captured.
All of these
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of these were not ways that the prisoners displayed defiance?
Stealing newspapers for war information
Stealing food and giving it to the most weak and ill
Sneaking girls into camp
Teaching guards swear words in English
- 12. Multiple Choice
What does Louie say when asked to reflect on his experiences as a POW?
That he wouldn't have survived if it weren't for his friends.
That he would rather die than go through all of it again
That he just tried his best to stay alive
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