From Unbroken (AC)

Required

1

Which is the best description of the men’s situation in the excerpt from Unbroken?

Required

3

In Unbroken, which dangers threaten the men’s lives? Choose three options.

Required

1

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.

Required

1

Part B Which group of words from the passage in Part A gives clues to the meaning of sardined?

Required

1

After the raft has been filled with bullet holes, how do the three men work together to keep the possibility of survival alive?

Required

2

What does this excerpt from Unbroken most 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.

Required

1

In the excerpt from Unbroken, how do Phil and Louie most likely feel about Mac just after his death?

Required

1

What surprising benefit does Louie enjoy as a castaway?

Required

1

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.

Required

1

What important discovery do Phil and Louie make at the end of the excerpt from Unbroken?

Required

1

Part A Which of the following most clearly conveys a central, or main, idea from Unbroken?

Required

1

Part B Which of the following passages from Unbroken most clearly supports the answer to Part A?

Required

4

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?

In Unbroken, which dangers threaten the men’s lives? Choose three options.

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.

Part B Which group of words from the passage in Part A gives clues to the meaning of sardined?

After the raft has been filled with bullet holes, how do the three men work together to keep the possibility of survival alive?

In the excerpt from Unbroken, how do Phil and Louie most likely feel about Mac just after his death?

What surprising benefit does Louie enjoy as a castaway?

What important discovery do Phil and Louie make at the end of the excerpt from Unbroken?

Part A Which of the following most clearly conveys a central, or main, idea from Unbroken?

Part B Which of the following passages from Unbroken most clearly supports the answer to Part A?

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.

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.

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.