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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 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.

2. Why are Jack and Stan, the fellow soldier that he meets, kept together?
(a) They are the only Americans.
(b) They are best friends.
(c) They are the least injured of those aboard the bus.
(d) They have the worst wounds.

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

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

5. When does the bus that Jack is waiting aboard leave?
(a) At dusk.
(b) In the morning.
(c) A few minutes after boards.
(d) An hour after boards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since Jack can somewhat understand the German soldiers, what does he learn from them?

2. After crossing into the new country, what do Jack, Stan, and the German soldiers get a ride from?

3. When is Jack's crew assigned their final mission?

4. What does Jack hope Dave is doing to discourage shooters?

5. What occurred a few short weeks before Jack is assigned his final mission?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Recall what happens during Jack's final mission.

4. Recall what Jack tells the German soldier who interviews him.

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

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

7. Explain why Jack is confused over the final mission that he is assigned in Part 3, Chapter 10.

8. Explain why Willy and Karl would want to give themselves up to the Americans.

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

10. Explain what happens that makes the reader believe Jack seems unwilling to accept that his crew mates are dead.

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