View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Men.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days did Guillaumet walk without sleeping while stranded ?
(a) Three days.
(b) Five days.
(c) Six days.
(d) Four days.

2. When does Antoine say the clay of life is set?
(a) Adolescence.
(b) Childhood.
(c) Infancy.
(d) Adulthood.

3. According to Antoine, what made Mermoz such a good pilot?
(a) His ability to think outside the box.
(b) His bond with his craft.
(c) His instinct with weather.
(d) His lack of fear.

4. Of what does Antoine say the men in bureaucratic positions were victims?
(a) The necessities of life.
(b) Their expectations.
(c) Their own limitations.
(d) The system.

5. What did Antoine imagine lightning to be during his journey?
(a) Stories to tell in the future.
(b) Guiding marks.
(c) Obstacles.
(d) Dragons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Guillaumet's occupation?

2. To what does Antoine compare his brotherhood of pilots?

3. What did Guillaumet use for shelter while he was stranded?

4. Where was Antoine when he heard that Guillaumet had been found?

5. What does Antoine definitively say Guillaumet was NOT?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 185 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample