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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. What mission is it when Jack sees his first and only German fighter plane?

2. What makes Jack feel homesick?

3. What does Jack join?

4. Who does Jack smoke a cigarette with while waiting for the officers to arrive?

5. What do Jack and the person he visits on furlough spend the afternoon doing together?

Short Essay Questions

1. Analyze Jack and Chuckie's relationship; how does Jack feel about Chuckie?

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

3. Explain what Jack is afraid Dotty will find out in Part 1, Chapter 5.

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

5. Analyze how Jack's first mission begins to change him.

6. Describe and briefly analyze how Jack feels about the war in Part 1, Chapters 1-3.

7. Explain what happens to Pratt, Jack's crew mate, before they leave on furlough.

8. Recall from the text how Jack reacts his first time up in the air.

9. Describe where Jack and his crew are sent on their first mission and how Jack feels about it.

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

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 conflict in The Last Mission is a necessary element of fictional literature. Conflict is the problem in the piece of literature. Explore the theme of the conflict of character vs. self, the main character, Jack, is in conflict with himself.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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