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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. How many weeks after Jack's promotion is he given weekend leave?

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

3. What happens to the crew in the plane that gets a rip?

4. Why does Jack lie about his age?

5. When does Jack's plane drop their bombs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Jack and Dotty's afternoon together.

7. Give a brief description of flak.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Once Jack begins going on missions, he is finally faced with the reality of war and he is frightened. This is the beginning of a change in Jack's personality and in his maturity level.

Part 1) Describe what happens on Jack's first mission over Berlin.

Part 2) Explain what Jack realizes after his first mission.

Part 3) How is Jack's behavior changing now that he is experiencing the war for real?

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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