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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 was the make of the first plane bought?

2. What had Lindbergh been worried about, in terms of landing in France?

3. What happened to Lindbergh in the 14th hour of the flight?

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

5. Where was C.A. Lindbergh's mother's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Lindbergh learn to fly officially?

2. What was Lindbergh's nickname, and how did he feel about it?

3. How did Lindbergh approach his landing place?

4. What obstacle did Lindbergh have to overcome off the coast of Nova Scotia?

5. What does Denenberg say about C.A. Lindbergh's marriage with Evangeline Lodge Land?

6. How did driving figure in Charles Lindbergh's early education?

7. Why didn't Lindbergh like the press?

8. When was Lindbergh's first flight?

9. What was the Orteig prize?

10. How does Denenberg describe Lindbergh's love of mechanical things?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

Essay Topic 2

What made Lindbergh susceptible to believing Goering's exaggerated estimate of the Luftwaffe's strength?

Essay Topic 3

What event or decision illustrated Lindbergh's true character? Make an argument from the evidence in the book.

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