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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 "A Captain - At Work".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of pilot was Ernest when he flew for the Air Transport Command?
(a) A special forces pilot.
(b) A civil pilot.
(c) An air raid pilot.
(d) A fighter pilot.

2. Who is Robbins?
(a) Gann's best friend.
(b) The airport coordinator and flight scheduler.
(c) Another instructor.
(d) The chief pilot.

3. When Gann corrects the plane's altitude, what happens?
(a) They hit a flock of birds.
(b) His co-pilot has a heart attack.
(c) Gann falls asleep.
(d) Another plane flies by, barely missing Gann's plane.

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

5. What plane is Ross considered the master of?
(a) The DC-2.
(b) The DC-4.
(c) The DC-3.
(d) The DC-5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Ernest retire from flying?

2. In what other war, besides World War II, did Ernest fly?

3. How many round trips per week will Gann be required to do at Newark?

4. What piloting tasks does Ross trust his co-pilots with that most other pilots do not?

5. Whose methods and practices does flight school teach the pilots?

(see the answer key)

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