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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 tell Stan about himself?

2. When Jack is put on a bus on the morning after being captured, who are the other passengers?

3. What is the first location that Jack hides behind after parachuting out of the plane?

4. In Part 3, Chapter 17, what do Jack and Stan hear the Germans yelling about at night?

5. After jumping from the plane, who does Jack see above him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Jack can understand the German that the soldiers speak.

2. Describe how Jack thinks clearly after landing on enemy territory.

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

4. Explain how Jack is captured, citing examples from the text.

5. Describe what Jack discovers about Chuckie during the final mission.

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

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

8. Describe what happens while Jack, Stan, Willy, and Karl are crossing into Austria.

9. Describe the two German soldiers, Willy and Karl, who take Jack and Stan across the countryside.

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

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

Jack has lied to a lot of people throughout The Last Mission. At the end of the book, he has a difficult time dealing with the grief that he put people through with his lying. Explore the theme of honesty in the book and what Jack learns about being honest.

Part 1) What does Jack learn about honesty?

Part 2) How did his lies affect others like his family, Dotty, and Chuckie's family?

Part 3) How important is it to be honest in life?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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