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Hillenbrand, Laura
AR Quiz No. 144668 EN
This biography tells the story of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, who miraculously survived in the open ocean after his plane crashed in the Pacific. It’s worth noting that the plot includes instances of violence.
| ATOS Book Level: | 7.7 |
| Interest Level: | Upper Grades (UG 9-12) |
| AR Points: | 24.0 |
| Word Count: | 138039 |
| Fiction/Nonfiction | Nonfiction |
| Topic – Subtopic: | Adventure-Survival; Award Winners-Publishers Weekly Best Book; Behavior-Forgiveness; Biographies/Autobiographies-Biographies/Autobiographies (All); History-World War II Era; Recommended Reading-YALSA Popular Paperbacks; Recommended Reading-Booklist Adult Books For Young Adults; Recommended Reading-SLJ Adult Book for High School/Teens; |
Quiz Answers
While hankering to steal, what did Louie do in Berlin after his Olympic run?
C. He tore a nazi flag off the chancellery to take as a souvenir
Running experts and Glenn
Cunningham agreed that Louie could
D. be the first man to run a four-minute mile
What had Louie and Phil seen while tooling around Hawaii in borrowed cars?
C. airfields with plywood planes and equipment designed to fool the Japanese
When “superman” had to land without hydraulics, Louie had the idea to–
C. tie parachutes to the plane and pull the ripcords after touchdown
After they were picked up by the Japanese, Louie, and Phil were taken to–
A. Kwajalein, the place known as Execution Island
When Fred Garrett, an amputee, tracked down Louie, he told Louie that–
he had seen Louie’s name scratched in the tiny Kwajalein cell
After Louie injured his leg at Naoetsu, what did the Bird give him?
A. Caring for the pig and using his bare hands to clean the sty
What happened while the POWs at Naoetsu were bathing in the river?
D. An American plane flew over and blinked “The war is over” with its light
What quest did Louie find to replace his lost Olympics
A. Killing the bird
The bird stopped coming into Louis dreams after
B. Louie heard Billy Graham preach and recalled a promise he had made to god
