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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 section of the plane does Jack see Dave, nearly suffocated, coming out of?
(a) Cockpit.
(b) Bomb bay.
(c) Tail.
(d) Middle of plane.

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

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

4. Who gives Jack and Stan each a boiled egg?
(a) Karl.
(b) A Rabbi.
(c) A priest.
(d) Willy.

5. What happens to Jack's plane during the final mission?
(a) The plane loses an engine and crashes into the ocean.
(b) They finish their mission and land safely.
(c) The plane catches fire and they make a crash landing.
(d) The plan is hit heavily with flak causing the wing to break and fall off.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one of the German guards blame the Americans for?

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

3. What direction does Jack head in hopes of reaching Allied lines?

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

5. What does Jack tell the German solider who interviews him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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