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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the metal of a well-designed plane to disappear from notice?
(a) Quiet engines.
(b) Easy movement.
(c) Perfect functioning.
(d) Simple features.

2. What does Antoine blame for decreasing morals in society?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Satan.
(c) Language.
(d) Individuality.

3. What were Antoine's worst moments while he was experiencing the natural disaster?
(a) Noisy moments.
(b) The most turbulent moments.
(c) Calm moments.
(d) When he couldn't see.

4. According to Antoine, who frees a plane design from its prison?
(a) Pilots.
(b) Contractors.
(c) God.
(d) Engineers.

5. What does Antoine say his story about the natural disaster was unable to do?
(a) Elicit emotion.
(b) Connect him to the reader.
(c) Calm his heart.
(d) Show his true feelings.

6. What does Antoine say was the most significant part of a physical struggle?
(a) The shared experience.
(b) The mental capacity.
(c) The ability to keep it in the past.
(d) The spiritual aspect.

7. What caused Antoine to become lost for the first time?
(a) Fog.
(b) Fast falling darkness.
(c) A broken beacon.
(d) Rain.

8. What did Antoine do during his breakfast after he got lost for the first time?
(a) Prayed.
(b) Cried.
(c) Stayed silent.
(d) Laughed.

9. What does Antoine describe at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) A typhoon.
(b) A volcano.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) An earthquake.

10. What does Antoine say is removed when one flies above the landscape?
(a) Fear.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Perspective.

11. To what does Antoine compare people who hate machines?
(a) Barbarians.
(b) Mongrels.
(c) Ingrates.
(d) Fear mongerers.

12. What did Earth symbolize to Antoine as a pilot?
(a) The ultimate good.
(b) The enemy.
(c) The reason.
(d) The destination.

13. What view does Antoine think he is stealing when he is flying?
(a) A bird's.
(b) God's.
(c) The clouds'.
(d) A butterfly's.

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

15. What motivated Guillaumet to keep moving when he was stranded and alone?
(a) The call of a wolf guiding him.
(b) His own pride.
(c) The information he was to deliver.
(d) The thought of his family.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of storm does Antoine say he prefers to face?

3. How should a pilot be able to use a well-designed plane?

4. Who rescued Antoine after the natural disaster?

5. What did the ocean look like to Antoine during the natural disaster?

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