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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Charles Lindbergh do while he was an air mail pilot?
(a) Display a talent for management.
(b) Improve air mail reliability.
(c) Crash twice.
(d) Perform dangerous stunts.

2. How did Lindbergh locate the airport in Paris? He looked for the lights.
(a) He was led to it by an escort.
(b) He navigated to it.
(c) He looked for the lights.
(d) He followed the flares.

3. What does chapter 5 consist of?
(a) Lindbergh's journal.
(b) Denenberg's dramatization.
(c) Lindbergh's letters.
(d) Denenberg's speculations.

4. What limitation would Lindbergh's placement for the fuel tank introduce?
(a) Increased drag.
(b) Reduced forward vision.
(c) Increased weight.
(d) Increased danger of fire.

5. What happened to Lindbergh in the 14th hour of the flight?
(a) He stalled.
(b) He lost his way.
(c) He fell asleep.
(d) He flew too high.

6. Where did Charles Lindbergh work as a teenager?
(a) At an airport.
(b) At an ice distribution warehouse.
(c) On a farm.
(d) At a motorcycle factory.

7. What did Lindbergh fly without, on his transatlantic flight?
(a) A rudder.
(b) A wristwatch.
(c) A log book.
(d) A fuel gauge.

8. What was Le Bourget like when Lindbergh landed?
(a) The field was flooded.
(b) The field was filled with people.
(c) He had to wait till cows could be herded off the field.
(d) There was no one around.

9. How would you describe the crowd that came to see Lindbergh take off for Europe?
(a) Multitudes.
(b) A small group and a reporter.
(c) A few judges and fellow pilots.
(d) A couple of friends.

10. Where did Lindbergh take off from?
(a) Flowerfield Airport.
(b) Roosevelt Field.
(c) Bennett Field.
(d) La Guardia Airport.

11. What stunt marked the end of Charles Lindbergh apprenticeship?
(a) Climbing up a ladder from a car to an airplane.
(b) Almost falling during a wing-walk.
(c) An outside loop.
(d) A double parachute jump.

12. Why were lessons few and far between at the Ray Page's Flying School?
(a) Page had difficulty keeping his craft in flying condition.
(b) Page was always traveling around looking for schemes for making money.
(c) Page had been spooked when he saw a friend die in a plane crash.
(d) Page was an alcoholic, and his flying days were few and far between.

13. How long did Lindbergh sleep after landing?
(a) 10 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 14 hours.

14. Who built The Spirit of St. Louis?
(a) Curtis.
(b) Lockheed.
(c) Ryan.
(d) Gulfstream.

15. Who else did reporters visit because of their interest in Lindbergh?
(a) His flying teachers.
(b) His children.
(c) His mother.
(d) His grandparents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the relative who taught Charles Lindbergh to tinker do for a career?

2. What was at the heart of Charles Lindbergh's first machine?

3. What did Lindbergh see in the cockpit in the 22nd hour?

4. How much was the Orteig prize?

5. What does Denenberg say Lindbergh received in the mail after returning to the U.S.?

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