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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 3 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Williamson's plane?

2. Which body part of Williamson's is injured?

3. What does Williamson decide to do while he is flying?

4. Where does the story begin?

5. What does Williamson imagine Yorky will do when he sees the leg?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Section 1, what scary realization does the main character make and what does he do because of it?

2. Where is the main character at the start of the story and what is he doing?

3. What is the scenario that the main character imagines will happen when he lands?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Williamson crazy and/or paranoid, or is he really being held in enemy territory?

Essay Topic 2

What is the main message in this story? What might Dahl have wanted his readers to consider while/after reading this?

Essay Topic 3

What is the mood of the story? How does the mood shift over the course of the story?

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