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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. Who tells Jack to go fix the problem with the stuck bomb?

2. What does Jack spend most of his furlough doing?

3. What religion is Jack Raab?

4. Why won't Jack call his mother while on weekend leave?

5. What does Jack give the person he spends his final day of furlough with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Briefly describe the main character, Jack Raab.

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

7. Explain whom Jack meets in Miami Beach and what he fears.

8. Describe how Jack enlists in the Army Air Corps.

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

10. Explain why Jack decides to keep a piece of flak from one of his missions.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

In The Last Mission, Jack befriends Chuckie, a fellow Army Air Corps crew member. Chuckie quickly becomes Jack's closest friend and an important character in the novel. Write an essay comparing the characters of Chuckie and Jack. Why has each character chosen to join the war effort? Why the Army Air Corps? How does Jack's friendship with Chuckie help him to adjust to life away from home?

Essay Topic 3

In The Last Mission, Godfather II is heavily hit with flak and the wing falls off causing several of the crew members to parachute into enemy territory. Several of Jack's crew mates have died, but Jack seems unable to face the reality that they are dead. Analyze how Jack deals with shock and grief in The Last Mission.

Part 1) What is grief? What can cause grief and shock?

Part 2) What happens to Jack in this section of the book that causes him to have grief and shock?

Part 3) How does Jack deal with grief? Is Jack's reaction to the death of his friends an example of his youth?

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