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

2. How many weeks after Jack's promotion is he given weekend leave?
(a) Eight.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

3. What does Jack give the person he spends his final day of furlough with?
(a) His school ring.
(b) His lucky penny.
(c) His cross.
(d) His Star of David.

4. Whose birth certificate did Jack use to enlist?
(a) His brother's.
(b) His cousin's.
(c) His father's.
(d) His best friend Bill's.

5. While up in the air for the first time, what does Jack imagine?
(a) Doing everyone's jobs, even the pilot's.
(b) Landing safely.
(c) Jumping from the plane.
(d) The plane crashing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Jack's crew mate not go on weekend leave?

3. Who are the other soldiers that Jack and his crew go through training with?

4. What does Jack do in between missions?

5. How many people does Jack see survive from the plane crash he views from the window?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jack and Dotty's afternoon together.

2. Describe where Jack and his crew are sent on their first mission and how Jack feels about it.

3. Give a brief description of flak.

4. Explain what Jack is afraid Dotty will find out in Part 1, Chapter 5.

5. Explain what happens to Pratt, Jack's crew mate, before they leave on furlough.

6. Describe what Jack and his crew do on weekend leave.

7. Explain why Jack is so nervous to hear his mother's voice.

8. Analyze how Jack's first mission begins to change him.

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

10. Recall what Jack does to get home to New York.

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