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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. After breaking free of their imprisonment, what does a soldier tell Jack and Stan?

2. When is Jack's crew assigned their final mission?

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

4. What happens to Jack's plane during the final mission?

5. How do Jack and Stan escape their imprisonment?

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 leaving Jack and Stan is somewhat surprising?

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

5. Recall what happens during Jack's final mission.

6. Recall what happens when Jack parachutes out of the plane during the final mission.

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

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

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

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

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

One theme in The Last Mission is the routine of military life. This routine takes up a good portion of this section of the book. Jack, however, does not seem to get used to the missions. Examine the theme of routine of military life and how Jack adjusts to this routine.

Part 1) How is Jack coping with the missions, even though they are routine? Is he still excited about them?

Part 2) Does anything ever happen to break up the routine of everyday military life?

Part 3) How does the routine of military life set the tone for this section of the book?

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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