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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the bus that Jack is waiting aboard leave?
(a) An hour after boards.
(b) At dusk.
(c) In the morning.
(d) A few minutes after boards.

2. What is the first location that Jack hides behind after parachuting out of the plane?
(a) A ditch.
(b) A low wall.
(c) A large tree.
(d) An empty tank.

3. What happens to Jack's plane during the final mission?
(a) They finish their mission and land safely.
(b) The plan is hit heavily with flak causing the wing to break and fall off.
(c) The plane catches fire and they make a crash landing.
(d) The plane loses an engine and crashes into the ocean.

4. Since Jack can somewhat understand the German soldiers, what does he learn from them?
(a) They will never surrender.
(b) They wish they had never joined the war effort.
(c) They hate Hitler.
(d) They want to give themselves up to the Americans.

5. Who else is coming to fight that the German soldiers are scared of?
(a) Japanese.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Australians.
(d) Russians.

6. Why does Jack hold onto his egg most of the day?
(a) He wants to wait until they stop before eating it so he can enjoy it.
(b) He is sick and cannot eat.
(c) He hates eggs.
(d) He wants to share his egg with Stan.

7. Why is Jack confused about this final mission?
(a) He thought they were out of bombs.
(b) He does not understand why they are bombing this particular city.
(c) The war in Europe is reported to be nearly at an end.
(d) He thought there would be many more missions since the war has not ended.

8. How do the German guards treat Stan and Jack at first?
(a) Nice.
(b) Standoffish.
(c) Unfriendly.
(d) Mean.

9. After crossing into the new country, what do Jack, Stan, and the German soldiers get a ride from?
(a) A troop transport.
(b) A utility van.
(c) A tank.
(d) An old farmer.

10. What do Jack and Stan compare the differences of?
(a) Brooklyn and Miami.
(b) Buffalo and New Orleans.
(c) Buffalo and the Bronx.
(d) Miami and New Orleans.

11. Where do the German soldiers leave Jack and Stan in Part 3, Chapter 17?
(a) In a locked hospital room.
(b) In a man-made cage.
(c) In a cell.
(d) At the border.

12. Who does Jack see killed from one of the firing plane's bullets while traveling with Stan, their German guards, and some other soldiers?
(a) A German soldier who was complaining about the Americans.
(b) An American soldier who was complaining about the Germans.
(c) A German civilian.
(d) A German soldier who was nice to Jack.

13. What do Jack and Stan talk about that is a sore subject for Jack?
(a) Their families.
(b) Their experiences in the war.
(c) Hitler and what he has done to the Jews.
(d) Fallen comrades.

14. Why are Jack and Stan, the fellow soldier that he meets, kept together?
(a) They have the worst wounds.
(b) They are best friends.
(c) They are the only Americans.
(d) They are the least injured of those aboard the bus.

15. Where is Jack's crew assigned to fly their final bomb run over?
(a) Hiroshima, Japan.
(b) Berlin, Germany.
(c) Pilsen, Czechoslovakia.
(d) Frankfurt, Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do two soldiers give Jack and Stan after they escape their imprisonment?

2. When Jack is put on a bus on the morning after being captured, who are the other passengers?

3. Why does Jack turn his shirt inside out after getting rid of his flight gear?

4. How do Jack and Stan leave their German captors?

5. After rushing from the house he broke into, what does Jack not notice as he comes to a town?

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