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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. If Jack tells anyone about his real age, whom would he tell?

2. What does the person who Jack calls ask him to do?

3. Why is the experience of releasing the stuck bomb so frightening for Jack?

4. How does Jack get to his home city?

5. Why is Jack anxious to get to Europe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Jack spends his furlough doing in Part 1, Chapter 5.

2. Recall what Jack does to get home to New York.

3. Analyze how Jack's immaturity is apparent in Part 1, Chapters 1 -3, citing an example from the text.

4. Explain why Jack's plane is named Godfather, Inc.

5. Describe Jack and Dotty's afternoon together.

6. Recall what Jack and Dotty talk about when he calls her from New Orleans.

7. Describe what happens when Jack becomes ill in Chapter 9. How do his actions show he is maturing?

8. Recall from the text what Jack sees happen to a plane that is caught in a downdraft.

9. Explain how Jack views the men who teach him during his training.

10. Describe what happens when a bomb is stuck during one of Jack's missions.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After Jack is captured by the Germans, he is nervous they will find out he is Jewish and put him in a concentration camp or kill him. Choose one concentration camp to write a research paper about, also including a brief explanation about why the Germans tried to exterminate the Jewish people.

Essay Topic 2

The book, The Last Mission, is historical fiction, it is set during World War II. Research and analyze World War II. Which countries were involved in the war? What did Hitler and Germany do that began the fighting? At what point did the United States enter the war? How was the Army Air Corps important to the outcome of the war?

Essay Topic 3

In The Last Mission, Jack has now seen other soldiers shot and killed. Yet, he seems unwilling to accept that his friends are dead, even though his own eyes have seen it. Analyze Jack's unwillingness to accept death and why he is so unwilling.

Part 1) Why is Jack so unwilling to accept that his crew members are dead?

Part 2) Why would Jack hold onto the belief that they are alive?

Part 3) Is Jack's unwillingness to accept death a way of surviving or is it a result of his immaturity?

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