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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 heading into the woods, what does Jack come across but is too afraid to approach?

2. Why did Jack not want to give the person his egg at first?

3. What does Stan tell Jack about himself?

4. How do Jack and Stan escape their imprisonment?

5. While traveling in Part 3, Chapter 17, what country's plane flies over Jack, Stan, and the German soldiers and opens fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what happens that makes the reader believe Jack seems unwilling to accept that his crew mates are dead.

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

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

4. Recall what Jack tells the German soldier who interviews him.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In The Last Mission, Jack befriends Chuckie, a fellow Army Air Corps crew member. Chuckie quickly becomes Jack's closest friend and an important character in the novel. Write an essay comparing the characters of Chuckie and Jack. Why has each character chosen to join the war effort? Why the Army Air Corps? How does Jack's friendship with Chuckie help him to adjust to life away from home?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

After Jack is captured by the Germans, he is nervous they will find out he is Jewish and put him in a concentration camp or kill him. Choose one concentration camp to write a research paper about, also including a brief explanation about why the Germans tried to exterminate the Jewish people.

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