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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 were the Lindberghs criticized for, by making this trip?

2. What was Roosevelt's solution to the controversy?

3. How did investigators finally find the kidnapper?

4. What prize did Lindbergh's autobiography win?

5. What was the Lindberghs' second child's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the problems with the investigation in the Lindberghs' baby's disappearance?

2. What efforts did the Lindberghs have to take to avoid the press?

3. Who was Graveyard John?

4. Describe Lindbergh's marriage to Anne Morrow.

5. What criticism was leveled at the Lindberghs after the birth of their second son?

6. What was Lindbergh's political stance in the late 1930s?

7. What effect did Lindbergh's report on Germany's air strength have?

8. Describe the resurgence of Lindbergh's popularity in the 1960s.

9. Describe the Lindberghs' literary successes after World War II.

10. What did Lindbergh see in his visits to Germany?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

If Charles Lindbergh were a student today, what field would he have dropped out of school to work in? What areas today hold the promise that aviation held in the mid-1920s?

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