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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jack tell the German solider who interviews him?
(a) Where he landed and what mission he is on.
(b) Jack tells him he is German.
(c) Nothing other than his name, rank, and serial number.
(d) Nothing at all.

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

4. How do Jack and Stan leave their German captors?
(a) They take a vehicle.
(b) Walk.
(c) Ride horses.
(d) Ride bikes.

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

6. What do two soldiers give Jack and Stan after they escape their imprisonment?
(a) Guns.
(b) Food.
(c) Water.
(d) Clothes.

7. Where is Stan from?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Miami.

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

9. When Jack lands after jumping from his plane, why does he not immediately bury his parachute?
(a) He can hear footsteps coming toward him.
(b) The ground is too tough.
(c) He is captured.
(d) He has a wounded arm.

10. After being captured, where does the bus take Jack?
(a) A German hospital.
(b) A German prison.
(c) A burned out building in the city.
(d) A concentration camp.

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

12. After Jack runs from the house that he broke into, what does he steal?
(a) A bike.
(b) A knife.
(c) A shovel.
(d) A gun.

13. What does Stan tell Jack about himself?
(a) How homesick he is.
(b) How many Germans he has killed.
(c) How frightened he is.
(d) His reasons for joining the Army Air Corps, the money, and about home.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many German soldiers come and take Stan and Jack out of the hospital?

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

3. What does Stan wonder about the German soldiers?

4. Where do the German soldiers take Jack and Stan after they have been shot at by the airplane?

5. Jack sees many Germans during his trip with the soldiers, how are they?

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