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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Jack's plane drop their bombs?
(a) After the last plane.
(b) After they see another plane crash.
(c) After the lead plane.
(d) After they have been fired at.

2. How does Jack feel when his plane touches ground after his first mission?
(a) Grateful.
(b) Terrified.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Disappointed.

3. To which organization is the daughter of the person that Jack rents a room from, a member?
(a) Navy.
(b) WAVES.
(c) Air Force.
(d) ROTC.

4. Where does Jack learn his first mission will be over?
(a) Frankfurt.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Munich.
(d) Hamburg.

5. What city do Jack and his crew go to for weekend leave?
(a) Miami.
(b) Tallahassee.
(c) Tampa.
(d) New Orleans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the crews learn to fly in squadrons?

2. What is the room called where Jack and his crew learn about their first mission?

3. Why does Jack lie about his age?

4. What does Jack talk about to the person he calls?

5. Who does Jack smoke a cigarette with while waiting for the officers to arrive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain whom Jack meets in Miami Beach and what he fears.

2. Recall from the text how Jack reacts his first time up in the air.

3. Recall from the text what Jack sees happen to a plane that is caught in a downdraft.

4. Describe what happens when a bomb is stuck during one of Jack's missions.

5. Describe what happens when Jack becomes ill in Chapter 9. How do his actions show he is maturing?

6. Describe Jack and Dotty's afternoon together.

7. Analyze how Jack's immaturity is apparent in Part 1, Chapters 1 -3, citing an example from the text.

8. Recall what happens on Jack's first mission.

9. Briefly describe the main character, Jack Raab.

10. Recall what Jack and Dotty talk about when he calls her from New Orleans.

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