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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. Where do Jack and Stan travel to after escaping?

2. What do two soldiers give Jack and Stan after they escape their imprisonment?

3. Why are Jack and Stan, the fellow soldier that he meets, kept together?

4. How are Jack and Stan welcomed back?

5. After jumping from the plane, who does Jack see below him floating to the ground?

Short Essay Questions

1. Analyze how Jack is beginning to change his view of the German people in Part 3, Chapter 16.

2. Describe what happens during the night at the German army camp.

3. Explain why Willy and Karl would want to give themselves up to the Americans.

4. Explain how the war has taken on a new dimension for Jack.

5. Explain why Jack's birthday is so significant to his final mission that he is assigned over Czechoslovakia.

6. Describe how Jack and Stan escape the German army camp.

7. Recall how Jack and Stan get back to the American lines and how they are treated.

8. Describe what happens when Jack is taken as a prisoner of war.

9. Describe what happens to Dave after he and Jack parachute, analyzing Jack's reasoning.

10. Explain how the idea of survival has become evident in Part 3, Chapters 13-15.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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.

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