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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 does Jack learn about parachutes?

2. What is the room called where Jack and his crew learn about their first mission?

3. Who does Jack feel is his closest friend?

4. In a short amount of time, how do the missions become for Jack?

5. Why do the crews learn to fly in squadrons?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain Jack's feeling about home in Part 1, Chapters 4-5.

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

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

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

7. Describe what Jack and his crew do on weekend leave.

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

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

10. Recall what happens on Jack's first mission.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jack struggles with his feelings of homesickness throughout the novel. These homesick feelings are a major theme in the novel.

Part 1) What is homesickness? How can it affect a person's state of mind?

Part 2) How is Jack's homesick feelings making him act?

Part 3) How does Jack cope with his homesick feelings?

Essay Topic 2

At one point in the novel, Jack has not actually experienced any real combat. He has fantasized about how he thinks the war will be, however, the reality of how it is changes him forever. Analyze how Jack's fantasies of war differ from the actual realities of the war. How can someone's fantasy of something almost make the reality harder to bear? Is Jack having a harder time dealing with his reality because of his preconceived notions of war?

Essay Topic 3

Jack is taken as a prisoner of war. Many soldiers were taken as prisoners during World War II. Research and explore prisoners of war during World War II and compare Jack's experience. What is a prisoner of war? Is Jack's treatment the norm for prisoners of war?

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