Chapter 1-5
What is Louies ethnicity?
Italian
What did Louie’s crew nickname their B-24 plane?
Super man
What was the other plane called that accompanied Louie’s on the mission where their plane went down?
Daisy Mae
Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions
Serenity
Resilient
Teeming
Resilient
gently persuade someone to do something
Coax
When Louie was 14, what sport did he get into?
Running
In chapter 7, what worried the men onboard superman about the plane making it safely back to base?
Not enough fuel.
When Louie’s plane went down, and Louie hit the water, why couldn’t he surface?
He was being held down by wires and chunks of the plane.
Having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned.
Indifferent
Excruciating
Speculating
Indifferent
Difficulties and misfortunes
Adversity
What was one reason Louie tied foe first in the 1936 Olympic Trials? (There are 3 reason but you can name one)
He was young.
He was racing against world record setters.
Inexperienced with this distance in a race.
Even if men survive plane crashes into the ocean, what other factors ruined their chance of survival?
Sharks, drowning, captured by Japanese, starvation.
What three men survive the plane crash that Louie was in and were stranded on a raft?
Louie Phil and Mac
A strong desire desire to have or do something
Anti-Semitic
culminating
Hankering
Hankering
Loathed
Intense dislike or disgust
How fast did Louie run his laps lap around the track during the 5,000 meter race at the Olympics?
56 seconds
How was Louie going to slow the plane down with no brakes after they left their bombing mission on Nauru?
Using parachutes to slow down the plane
When Louie Phil and Mac were stranded in the ocean what was the only food in the little rafts and what happened to it.
The food was some chocolate bars, and Mac ate it all
Define Aspirations (doesn’t have to be word for word)
Hopes and ambitions to achieve something
Impossible to understand
Unintelligible
Forlorn
Unscathed d
Unintelligible
What were one of Louie’s three injuries (from the other runners) during the the NCAA Championship in Minneapolis?
Broken rib
Impaled shin
Impaled foot
When the Japanese’s attacked Louie’s island, where did the bomb they drop cause the most damage?
On a bunch of B-24 planes loaded with more bombs and fuel.
What were Phils injuries in the plane crash and how did Louie help him?
Gashes on his forehead and Louie tied their shirts around his head to stop the bleeding.
An event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering. Disaster
Catastrophe
Uncomfortably hot
Quelled
Oblivious
Sweltering
Sweltering