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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 "A Novitiate - Tangled and Stumbling in the Robes of His Order".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of airplanes do most of the students already know how to pilot?
(a) Large commercial jets.
(b) None of them, except Gann, knows how to fly.
(c) Small airplanes.
(d) Fighter planes.

2. How many men did Gann attend flight school with?
(a) 13.
(b) 9.
(c) 45.
(d) 234.

3. Gann spent some time between wars flying overseas; where did he fly?
(a) Antarctica.
(b) Australia.
(c) The South Pacific.
(d) Siberia.

4. Why did Ernest retire from flying?
(a) To spend more time with his family.
(b) To avoid death.
(c) Just because.
(d) To pursue his true passion, writing.

5. In the prologue, which co-pilot does Ernest mention?
(a) Benji.
(b) Burt.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Beattie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of trips will Gann be flying while at Newark?

2. What happened to the start-up company Gann worked for after World War II?

3. How did Gann feel upon returning to his normal route after World War II?

4. What type of aircraft does Gann think is a cantankerous and difficult machine?

5. Why does McCabe reassign Gann?

(see the answer key)

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