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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Jack and Stan on the road with for many days?
(a) Mack, Wallace, Alrich, Fredrich.
(b) Fredrich, Karl, Dieter.
(c) Mack, Dieter, Willy, Alrich, and Emeric.
(d) Willy and Karl.

2. What does Jack tell Stan about himself?
(a) His real age and how he came to be in the Army.
(b) He tells him about Dotty.
(c) How frightened he is.
(d) He makes up a story about his heroism.

3. Why does Jack turn his shirt inside out after getting rid of his flight gear?
(a) To hide his military insignia.
(b) To make himself appear like a peasant.
(c) To hide his name.
(d) To hide the dried blood.

4. How do Jack and Stan escape their imprisonment?
(a) They slip out through a window.
(b) They dig their way out.
(c) They overpower the guards.
(d) They break down the door.

5. Where are Jack and Stan taken when their bus arrives at its destination?
(a) A room where they are separated and questioned.
(b) A room where their wounds are treated.
(c) A room where they must change their clothes and shower.
(d) A cell that they will be sharing.

6. What happens to Jack's plane during the final mission?
(a) The plane loses an engine and crashes into the ocean.
(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) They finish their mission and land safely.

7. What section of the plane does Jack see Dave, nearly suffocated, coming out of?
(a) Tail.
(b) Bomb bay.
(c) Middle of plane.
(d) Cockpit.

8. When is Jack's crew assigned their final mission?
(a) April 25, 1945.
(b) April 27, 1946.
(c) April 28, 1946.
(d) April 24, 1944.

9. What does Jack's plane have to do because of the lead plane in the final mission?
(a) Rescue the falling crew members from the lead plane.
(b) Turn around and head back.
(c) Carry extra soldiers.
(d) Repeat the bombing pattern.

10. Why does Jack give away his egg?
(a) The old man is begging him.
(b) Stan is passing out from hunger.
(c) The child is starving.
(d) The pregnant woman is starving.

11. Who do the German soldiers tell Jack and Stan are coming in Part 3, Chapter 17?
(a) The Russians.
(b) The Japanese.
(c) The English.
(d) The Americans.

12. What occurred a few short weeks before Jack is assigned his final mission?
(a) He was wounded.
(b) His birthday.
(c) His furlough.
(d) He called home.

13. Where do Jack and Stan travel to after escaping?
(a) The Russian lines.
(b) The English lines.
(c) The American lines.
(d) The Austrian lines.

14. Who gives Jack and Stan each a boiled egg?
(a) A priest.
(b) A Rabbi.
(c) Willy.
(d) Karl.

15. On Jack's last mission, what happens to the lead plane?
(a) It is shot down.
(b) It fails to release its bombs when they reach the target area.
(c) It releases its bombs too early.
(d) It experiences engine failure and crashes.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 13, how many German soldiers grab Jack?

2. What does Jack see one of his crewmates doing in an effort to try and escape the bullets flying around him?

3. After jumping from the plane, who does Jack see above him?

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

5. Whom does Jack give his egg to?

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