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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 city do Jack and his crew go to for weekend leave?

2. Who does Jack rent a room from while on furlough?

3. What is flak?

4. If Jack tells anyone about his real age, whom would he tell?

5. What do Jack and his crewmates have to complete before they are given weekend leave?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain whom Jack meets in Miami Beach and what he fears.

2. Recall what happens on Jack's first mission.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the character Dotty.

10. Explain how Jack views the men who teach him during his training.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

As Jack marches across Austria with the two German soldiers and Stan, he sees the towns and the people he bombed. For the first time, Jack is faced with the reality of the destruction these bombs caused. Examine the theme of war and morality in the book, analyzing how Jack's character is affected. What is morality? How does it pertain to the book and war? How does Jack feel when he sees the destruction that the bombs have caused? How has Jack's new ideals about war show how he has matured?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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