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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. Who do the German soldiers tell Jack and Stan are coming in Part 3, Chapter 17?
(a) The English.
(b) The Russians.
(c) The Japanese.
(d) The Americans.

2. The night after the Germans yelling, how many guards are watching over Jack and Stan?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

3. What do the German soldiers that grab Jack make him do?
(a) Get on his knees.
(b) Shave his head.
(c) Undress.
(d) Eat dirt.

4. What does Jack tell the German solider who interviews him?
(a) Jack tells him he is German.
(b) Nothing other than his name, rank, and serial number.
(c) Where he landed and what mission he is on.
(d) Nothing at all.

5. What does Jack see one of his crewmates doing in an effort to try and escape the bullets flying around him?
(a) Climb his cords.
(b) Flail around.
(c) Cut his parachute cords.
(d) Use a flak jacket as a shield.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stan wonder about the German soldiers?

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

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

4. Why does Jack hold onto his egg most of the day?

5. What section of the plane does Jack see Dave, nearly suffocated, coming out of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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