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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 - "Heat - In Most Men There Lurks a Lesser Man, and His Presence Smells in the Sun".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is McCabe assessing during the demonstration flight?
(a) Gann's teamwork.
(b) Gann's answers to all his technical questions.
(c) Gann's airfighter technique.
(d) Gann's skills and personality.

2. What plane does Gann find abandoned on his first shuttle flight to South America?
(a) A Shooters 56.
(b) A Junkers 86.
(c) A Runners 42.
(d) A Kickers 97.

3. On Gann's flight with Hughen, the plane begins to ice up and quickly loses altitude and speed. What is Gann's reaction to this?
(a) He is concerned but confident.
(b) He is aloof.
(c) He is quickly frightened.
(d) He is not shaken at all.

4. What piloting tasks does Ross trust his co-pilots with that most other pilots do not?
(a) Landings and takeoffs.
(b) Talking over the intercom.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Delivering the mail at stops.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Occasionally, Gann co-pilots for other pilots on a route from Newark to which main city?

2. Which of the following tricks does Ross teach Gann for flying in severe weather?

3. Upon leaving Wilkes-Barre, Ross allows Gann to fly to the next location. What is that location?

4. What are Gann and his co-pilot looking for by following the river through the jungles of South America?

5. Which direction does Gann follow the river while flying over the trackless jungles of South America?

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