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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. How do Jack and Stan escape their imprisonment?
(a) They break down the door.
(b) They overpower the guards.
(c) They dig their way out.
(d) They slip out through a window.

2. What does Jack hope Dave is doing to discourage shooters?
(a) Shooting back.
(b) Hiding.
(c) Running.
(d) Playing dead.

3. 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) Allied soldiers hiding.
(d) German soldiers camping in the woods.

4. What occurred a few short weeks before Jack is assigned his final mission?
(a) He was wounded.
(b) His furlough.
(c) He called home.
(d) His birthday.

5. Why does Jack hold onto his egg most of the day?
(a) He wants to wait until they stop before eating it so he can enjoy it.
(b) He is sick and cannot eat.
(c) He hates eggs.
(d) He wants to share his egg with Stan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After breaking free of their imprisonment, what does a soldier tell Jack and Stan?

3. After jumping from the plane, who does Jack see above him?

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

5. When does the bus that Jack is waiting aboard leave?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Explain how Jack is captured, citing examples from the text.

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

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

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