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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 does Jack see when he looks out the window of the plane on his first mission?

2. How many people does Jack see survive from the plane crash he views from the window?

3. What does Pratt make everyone on the crew?

4. Why is the experience of releasing the stuck bomb so frightening for Jack?

5. When does Jack's plane drop their bombs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Analyze Jack and Chuckie's relationship; how does Jack feel about Chuckie?

2. Describe what Jack and his crew do on weekend leave.

3. Explain why Jack is so nervous to hear his mother's voice.

4. Briefly describe the main character, Jack Raab.

5. Describe what Jack spends his furlough doing in Part 1, Chapter 5.

6. Describe what happens when Jack becomes ill in Chapter 9. How do his actions show he is maturing?

7. Recall from the text what Jack sees happen to a plane that is caught in a downdraft.

8. Describe how Jack enlists in the Army Air Corps.

9. Give a brief description of flak.

10. Recall from the text how Jack reacts his first time up in the air.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During their imprisonment, Jack and Stan are given very little food, leaving them starving. One day a priest gives them each a boiled egg. Jack saves his and his faced with the decision of giving his egg to a starving German child or keeping it for himself. Explore the idea of compassion in The Last Mission.

Part 1) How important is it for Jack to not lose his compassion during war? Or is it dangerous to feel compassion while at war?

Part 2) Is Stan as compassionate as Jack? Do the German guards show Jack any compassion?

Part 3) How does Jack's compassion show how much he as matured while at war?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Family is a recurrent theme in The Last Mission. Jack misses his family and has a hard time not being able to tell them the truth about where he is. Analyze the theme of family in The Last Mission. Why does Jack not ever call home to his family? Do Jack's memories of his family keep him pushing forward even though he is homesick? Are Jack's crew mates like family to him?

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