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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. What will Casey be doing at Norton on Saturday that Jennifer Malone insists on being a part of?
(a) Revealing the details of her report.
(b) Meeting with the FAA.
(c) A test flight.
(d) Interviewing the pilots.

2. Who has to sign a document stating that information gained from the test flight was not obtained by a Norton employee?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Marder.
(c) Richman.
(d) Casey.

3. What happens to Jennifer Malone?
(a) She is hired by Norton to work in the press department.
(b) She is fired by her boss.
(c) She quits.
(d) She moves to another news magazine.

4. What happens when the pilot deploys the slats mid flight?
(a) Nothing significant happens.
(b) The plane begins to porpoise.
(c) The locking pin comes lose.
(d) The autopilot comes on.

5. What does the telex Casey received from Vancouver say further proved Casey's detailed report of what happened on Flight 545?
(a) John Chang died from injuries sustained when he fell during the flight.
(b) Chang's son committed suicide and left a note detailing what happened.
(c) Chang's son had been arrested for flying without a license.
(d) John Chang turned his son into the FAA for causing the accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What signal does the plane give the pilot on the flight reenactment?

2. What does Marder tell Casey to say during her Friday morning interview with Jennifer Malone?

3. How does Malone plan to make her interview subjects appear the way she wants them to appear?

4. What does Reardon begin questioning early in the interview?

5. What finally causes the plane to right itself?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marder explain what was done about the slat deployment problem to Jennifer Malone?

2. What does Casey learn from the QAR after Wong hooks it up to his computer?

3. What does Casey show and tell Malone concerning the pilot from Flight 545?

4. Why does Casey find it strange that Richman is already at work when she arrives Thursday morning?

5. How does Casey respond during the interview when asked about the preliminary report?

6. How does Malone's boss react to the information that a faulty part, followed by pilot error, caused the incident on Flight 545?

7. Describe the chain of events that caused the incident on Flight 545.

8. What does Edgarton tell Casey when he calls her after the final report is released?

9. Why is the telex from Vancouver stating that John Chang has died a significant piece of information?

10. Explain the interview between Jennifer Malone and Barker.

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