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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 one of the German guards blame the Americans for?
(a) The lack of fuel to fly his plane.
(b) The lack of food.
(c) The death of his family.
(d) The death of his fallen comrade.

2. When Jack is put on a bus on the morning after being captured, who are the other passengers?
(a) American soldiers, none of whome Jack knows.
(b) Jewish prisoners.
(c) German Soldiers.
(d) Jack's other crewmates.

3. Where do the German soldiers take Jack and Stan after they have been shot at by the airplane?
(a) The country's border.
(b) A German army camp.
(c) A German hospital.
(d) A concentration camp.

4. What does Jack see one of his crewmates doing in an effort to try and escape the bullets flying around him?
(a) Climb his cords.
(b) Cut his parachute cords.
(c) Use a flak jacket as a shield.
(d) Flail around.

5. After rushing from the house he broke into, what does Jack not notice as he comes to a town?
(a) A check point with soldiers.
(b) A barbed wire fence.
(c) German soldiers camping in the woods.
(d) Allied soldiers hiding.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Jack turn his shirt inside out after getting rid of his flight gear?

3. At the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 13, how many German soldiers grab Jack?

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

5. Where are Jack and Stan taken when their bus arrives at its destination?

Short Essay Questions

1. Recall how Jack and Stan get back to the American lines and how they are treated.

2. Analyze how Jack is beginning to change his view of the German people in Part 3, Chapter 16.

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

4. Briefly describe the character Stan who is introduced in Part 3, Chapters 13 - 15.

5. Describe how Jack and Stan escape the German army camp.

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

7. Explain how the war has taken on a new dimension for Jack.

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

9. Describe what happens to Dave after he and Jack parachute, analyzing Jack's reasoning.

10. Describe what happens during the night at the German army camp.

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