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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jack hold onto his egg most of the day?
(a) He wants to share his egg with Stan.
(b) He is sick and cannot eat.
(c) He wants to wait until they stop before eating it so he can enjoy it.
(d) He hates eggs.

2. When is Jack's crew assigned their final mission?
(a) April 28, 1946.
(b) April 27, 1946.
(c) April 24, 1944.
(d) April 25, 1945.

3. After being captured, where does the bus take Jack?
(a) A burned out building in the city.
(b) A German prison.
(c) A concentration camp.
(d) A German hospital.

4. Where do the German soldiers leave Jack and Stan in Part 3, Chapter 17?
(a) In a cell.
(b) In a locked hospital room.
(c) At the border.
(d) In a man-made cage.

5. On Jack's second night after his plane crashes, what does he eat after he sneaks into a house?
(a) Bread.
(b) Berries.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Jack and Stan each a boiled egg?

2. What does one of the German guards blame the Americans for?

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

4. Where do the German soldiers take Jack?

5. After rushing from the house he broke into, what does Jack not notice as he comes to a town?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe the character Stan who is introduced in Part 3, Chapters 13 - 15.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Recall what happens to Jack and his boiled egg.

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