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

2. Who tells Jack to go fix the problem with the stuck bomb?

3. At the end of Part 1, Chapter 3, what are Jack and his fellow crew members promoted to?

4. What is flak?

5. Where are Jack and his crew forced to ditch their plane during a bomb run?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character Dotty.

2. Analyze how Jack's first mission begins to change him.

3. Explain what Jack is afraid Dotty will find out in Part 1, Chapter 5.

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

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

6. Describe what happens when a bomb is stuck during one of Jack's missions.

7. Recall what Jack and Dotty talk about when he calls her from New Orleans.

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

9. Explain what happens to Pratt, Jack's crew mate, before they leave on furlough.

10. Explain why Jack wants to join the Army Air Corps.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

At one point in the novel, Jack has not actually experienced any real combat. He has fantasized about how he thinks the war will be, however, the reality of how it is changes him forever. Analyze how Jack's fantasies of war differ from the actual realities of the war. How can someone's fantasy of something almost make the reality harder to bear? Is Jack having a harder time dealing with his reality because of his preconceived notions of war?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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