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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 is Casey Singleton's job at Norton Aircraft?

2. What does Casey warn Marder about in their meeting on Tuesday night?

3. According to Jack Rogers, why does he think rumors in the plant stem from John Mader?

4. What do Casey and Kenny Burne find as they further investigate the N-22 from Flight 545?

5. Casey's secretary Norma, discovers Richman's large expenses have been approved by whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Casey do with the video she found in the cockpit?

2. Why is Felix, the man in charge of Flight Simulations, so sure that slats could not have been the cause of the problem on Flight 545?

3. What does Casey find Bob Richman doing that further adds to her suspicions of him?

4. Why is uncommanded slat deployment thought to be a possibility for the trouble experienced on the flight?

5. What does Casey discover as she studies sheets of data from the faulty data recorder?

6. What does the DC-10 incident have to do with the N-22 investigation?

7. What does Casey notice about the pilot while listening to the taped conversations between the pilot and air traffic controllers, and why is this surprising?

8. Explain what the JAA press release says.

9. Who does Casey give the two additional copies of the video from the cockpit to and why?

10. What does Casey Singleton learn about the troubled flight in the morning debriefing meeting at Norton Aircraft?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

On Friday, Bob Richman reveals his real purpose for being at Norton. Describe what his reason is, the plan Marder and Richman came up with, and why the plan will devastate Norton.

Essay Topic 2

When Casey is in the elevator to go home, she changes her mind and goes back to work.

Part 1) Describe what is in the report Casey is viewing in the elevator that makes her go back to work.

Part 2) Describe what happens when Casey goes to the hanger to follow the lead she found while in the elevator.

Essay Topic 3

The plane itself if used by the author as a type of character in the book. Describe three aspects of the plane and what each part of the plane has to do with the investigation into the troubled flight.

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