Why are Louie and his buddies surprised when the airmen in the bomber plane strafe them with bullets?
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What allows Louie the safety to patch up the holes in the raft while the sharks are leaping out of the water?
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After the raft has been filled with bullet holes, how do the three men work together to keep the possibility of survival alive?
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What surprising benefit does Louie enjoy as a castaway?
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Many people think of Louie Zamperini as a hero. Cite details and examples from the biography that support this characterization and explain the reasons for your choices.
Use RACES to write a paragraph with a minimum of three sentences.
Which is the best description of the men’s situation in the excerpt from Unbroken?
They are drifting, lost on the ocean, during World War II, when the United States and Japan are at war
They are sailing toward Japan during World War II, hoping to avoid capture by the Japanese.
After World War II, they are drifting, lost on the ocean, hoping to make it back home to the United States.
In Unbroken, which dangers threaten the men’s lives? Choose three options.
An enemy destroyer comes near.
An enemy bomber shoots at them.
A depth charge explodes under the raft.
Sharks attack them.
They are out of food.
They are almost poisoned by a fish they catch.
Part A Based on context, choose the likeliest meaning of sardined as it used in this passage from Unbroken.
The men were sardined together on what remained of Mac and Louie’s raft, which was far too small for all three of them. The canvas was speckled with tiny bullet holes.
scattered; sent in many separate directions
squeezed; forced to fit in a small space
comfortable; sheltered from the elements
shot; fired on by a weapon
Part B Which group of words from the passage in Part A gives clues to the meaning of sardined?
speckled with tiny bullet holes
Mac and Louie’s raft
The men were
far too small for all three of them
What does this excerpt from Unbrokenmost clearly reveal about Phil and Louie? Choose two options.
When Phil opened his tin and took a sip of the little he had left, Mac asked if he could drink from it. For Phil, thirst had been the cruelest trial, and he knew that the water left in his tin, essential to his own survival, couldn’t save Mac. He gently told Mac that he didn’t have enough left to share. Louie was sympathetic to Phil, but he couldn’t bring himself to refuse Mac. He gave him a sip of his own water.
Phil is more intelligent than Louie.
Louie is more practical than Phil.
Louie is more intelligent than Phil.
Louie is more compassionate than Phil.
Phil is more practical than Louie.
Phil is more compassionate than Louie.
In the excerpt from Unbroken, how do Phil and Louie most likely feel about Mac just after his death?
They feel he has made up for eating the food stores earlier.
They feel sorry that they did not share their water with him.
They feel that not trusting him was the right decision after all.
They feel sorry that he died before they spotted the island.
What is the likeliest meaning of encumbrance in the following passage from Unbroken?
Here, drifting in almost total silence . . . his time unvaried and unbroken, his mind was freed of an encumbrance that civilization had imposed on it. In his head, he could roam anywhere, and he found that his mind was quick and clear, his imagination unfettered and supple.
something that is noisy and varied
something that frees the imagination
something that is monotonous
something that holds someone back
What important discovery do Phil and Louie make at the end of the excerpt from Unbroken?
An airplane is approaching them.
Their minds have been freed.
They will be rescued.
They are approaching an island.
Part A Which of the following most clearly conveys a central, or main, idea from Unbroken?
Trust and cooperation are less important for survival than planning.
People can rise above even the most difficult circumstances.
People do not like to share when survival is at stake.
When faced with great suffering or death, people turn on each other.
Part B Which of the following passages from Unbrokenmost clearly supports the answer to Part A?
All three men were indispensable. Had there been only two, they couldn’t have pumped, patched, and repelled the sharks.
He had pushed himself beyond his body’s capacities, but the frightened, childlike expression had left his face. Mac had reclaimed himself.
[Phil] gently told Mac that he didn’t have enough [water] left to share. Louie was sympathetic to Phil, but he couldn’t bring himself to refuse Mac
They held their sun-scorched eyes to the horizon, searching for land, but there was none. Their hunger dimmed, an ominous sign. They had reached the last stage of starvation.
