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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. Who does Pick meet first when he shows up for flight school?

2. Where does Pickering go for his flight training?

3. Who does McCoy take Ernie to see in Chapter VII?

4. Into what kind of business does Pick want to go?

5. On what type of plane is he returning to the states?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Colonel Carlson tell his raiders about their training and where are they going next?

2. How does Ernie's mother feel about her's and Pick's best friend?

3. Where are Zimmerman's wife and children? Why are they there?

4. With whom does Pick and Stecker have lunch in Atlanta and what does she do? How did Pick feel about it?

5. In Chapter I, from where is McCoy flying, what is wrong with him and what does he allow the pilot to do?

6. What does McCoy do after he speaks with Carlson?

7. Who does Ernie meet at the grocery store in Chapter XI and what does she do?

8. What do McCoy and Zimmerman do in sub-chapter two of Chapter XV?

9. Where does Pick go and see Martha after his first flight? What does he ask her and what is her response?

10. How did Ernie meet McCoy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In any book centered around the military, leadership of the troops is often crucial with the better leaders able to command the respect and loyalty of their men. The men's willingness to follow a particularly leader can have a decisive impact upon the success of a mission. Discuss the following:

1. Whose command style seems most effective? Analyze the elements of those effective leaders thoroughly and discuss the traits of the good leaders. What makes an excellent leader/commander? Give examples.

2. Whose command style seems most ineffective? Analyze the elements of those ineffective leaders thoroughly and discuss the traits of the poor leaders. What makes a poor leader/commander? Give examples.

3. Is disobeying a poor leader ever justifiable? Explain using details from the text, other books you have read and your personal experience. In times of war, disobeying an order can be punishable by death. Is this harsh sentence justifiable for such an act? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 2

Lieutenant McCoy came from a poor family and never went to college, unlike Ernie and Pick who both come from very wealthy families and attended prestigious colleges.

1. What kind of obstacles do you think Ernie and McCoy will have to overcome in order to marry given the difference in their social class? Use examples from your own life, your knowledge and the book to illustrate your ideas.

2. How do you think the issue of class enters into Pickering and Ernie's parents wanting them to marry? Use examples from your own life, your knowledge and the book to illustrate your ideas.

3. With research, if necessary, what do you see are the differences and similarities between class issues now and in the 1940's?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the following and compare and contrast the two people. Include in the discussion their type of leadership, their personality, their morals, and whether you would like to serve under them.

1. Carlson and Wesley.

2. Stecker and Pickering.

3. McCoy and Rickabee.

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