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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. Why does Casey think Marder ordered security details for all those on the investigation team?

2. Who is Jennifer Malone?

3. What makes Casey rule out pilot error as the cause of the troubled flight before she even inspects the aircraft?

4. Where did Casey Singleton send her daughter to the morning of the troubled flight?

5. How many copies of the video does Casey make?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the various recorders on the plane that Casey hopes to gain information from?

2. 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?

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

4. Explain why Casey ends up on top of an airplane that is being constructed in one of Norton's hangers.

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

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

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

8. Why is Casey called to a television, and why does what she sees worry her?

9. Explain what happens while Casey and the investigative team are out to lunch on Wednesday.

10. What reason does Richman give for racking up so much travel time while working for the marketing department?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Casey learns many things from the QAR. Discuss the four main things she learns and how they will affect her investigation into flight 545.

Essay Topic 2

Choose three of the following characters and describe in detail their role in the investigation into Flight 545: Casey, Teddy, Malone, the woman from accounting, the video technician, Marder, Richman, and Edgarton.

Essay Topic 3

Casey is learning a lot about what happened on Flight 545 by using a variety of resources.

Part 1) Detail what Casey learned about Flight 545 from the Flight Simulator.

Part 2) Detail what Casey learned about Flight 545 from the Flight Data Recorder and the report it produced.

Part 3) Detail what Casey learned about Flight 545 from Amos and her investigation based on his conclusions.

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