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

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

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

4. On Jack's second night after his plane crashes, what does he eat after he sneaks into a house?
(a) Milk.
(b) Berries.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Bread.

5. Why does Jack begin to question the reasoning behind the war?
(a) He does not understand why America had to get involved.
(b) He realizes that there was no reason for the fighting.
(c) He really likes the German soldiers who guard him.
(d) He realizes that most of the German people are just like him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After jumping from the plane, who does Jack see below him floating to the ground?

3. In Part 3, Chapter 17, what do Jack and Stan hear the Germans yelling about at night?

4. What does Jack do with his parachute after landing in enemy territory?

5. Where is Stan from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens while Jack, Stan, Willy, and Karl are crossing into Austria.

2. Describe what happens when Jack is taken as a prisoner of war.

3. Explain why Jack's birthday is so significant to his final mission that he is assigned over Czechoslovakia.

4. Describe how Jack thinks clearly after landing on enemy territory.

5. Explain why Willy and Karl leaving Jack and Stan is somewhat surprising?

6. Explain how Jack can understand the German that the soldiers speak.

7. Explain how the idea of survival has become evident in Part 3, Chapters 13-15.

8. Describe the two German soldiers, Willy and Karl, who take Jack and Stan across the countryside.

9. Recall what happens when Jack parachutes out of the plane during the final mission.

10. Recall what happens to Jack and his boiled egg.

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