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

2. What happens to Pratt's wife?

3. At the end of Part 1, Chapter 3, what are Jack and his fellow crew members promoted to?

4. Why does Jack think the army never questioned his age?

5. What makes Jack feel homesick?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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?

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