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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. What does Jack do in between missions?
(a) Writes letters to home.
(b) Wanders the base.
(c) Hangs out with Chuckie at a nearby bar.
(d) Reads.

2. At the end of Part 1, Chapter 3, what are Jack and his fellow crew members promoted to?
(a) Lieutenant.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) Private.
(d) Captain.

3. Why does Chuckie leaves Jack while they are in New Orleans?
(a) He meets a girl.
(b) He is mad at Jack.
(c) He feels sick.
(d) He wants to leave the army.

4. What month is it when a bomb gets stuck in Jack's plane?
(a) February.
(b) April.
(c) March.
(d) January.

5. Why is Jack anxious to get to Europe?
(a) He cannot wait to see all the famous sites.
(b) To take revenge on the Germans for all the Jews they have killed.
(c) He wants to prove that he is a man.
(d) To finally be away from his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack learn about parachutes?

2. Why does Jack think the army never questioned his age?

3. What is Jack's plane's name in honor of?

4. When does Jack's plane drop their bombs?

5. When he is waiting for the officer to arrive during flight training. what type of plane does Jack wait in the shade of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Jack enlists in the Army Air Corps.

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

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

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

5. Analyze Jack and Chuckie's relationship; how does Jack feel about Chuckie?

6. Explain Jack's feeling about home in Part 1, Chapters 4-5.

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

8. Give a brief description of flak.

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

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

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