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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 is the second location where Jack hides after parachuting out of the plane?

2. Who does Jack see killed from one of the firing plane's bullets while traveling with Stan, their German guards, and some other soldiers?

3. What do Jack and Stan compare the differences of?

4. Why does Jack give away his egg?

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

2. Explain why Jack is confused over the final mission that he is assigned in Part 3, Chapter 10.

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

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

5. Explain why Willy and Karl leaving Jack and Stan is somewhat surprising?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The setting in The Last Mission is vital to the whole tone of the story. The setting almost becomes a character itself because of how much it shapes the story. Describe how the author uses the different settings in The Last Mission to set the tone for his story. Different settings to explore: boot camp in Florida, flight training in Louisiana, weekend leave in New Orleans, furlough in New York, Northumberland Air Base in England, the air missions, Czechoslovakia as a POW, and Austria as a POW.

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 is taken as a prisoner of war. Many soldiers were taken as prisoners during World War II. Research and explore prisoners of war during World War II and compare Jack's experience. What is a prisoner of war? Is Jack's treatment the norm for prisoners of war?

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