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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the very end of the novel, the reader learns that Gann has logged nearly how many flight hours?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 12,000.

2. How many days of searching have passed before O'Connor is located?
(a) One day.
(b) Four days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two days.

3. Because of his engine troubles, what must Gann do with his DC-4A in Chapter 17?
(a) Return to San Francisco.
(b) Crash land in a nearby field.
(c) Crash land in the Pacific Ocean.
(d) Land early at LAX.

4. What new navigation trick is used to help keep planes on route to O'Connor's position?
(a) Magnetic navigation.
(b) Guide features.
(c) Celestial navigation.
(d) Topography.

5. Gann learns that in one day, how many planes are lost trying to fly over the Hump?
(a) 7.
(b) 1.
(c) 9.
(d) 4.

6. What were the deaths of the co-pilots and pilots who died during the DC-4 engine investigations attributed to?
(a) Pilot error.
(b) Bad wiring.
(c) Ice formations.
(d) Poor sparkplugs.

7. Where on the plane is the ominous shaking taking place on Gann's flight to Burbank?
(a) Over the left wing.
(b) In the tail section.
(c) In the cockpit.
(d) Over the right wing.

8. What elevation must Gann reach to fly over the Hump?
(a) 32,000'.
(b) 14,000'.
(c) 20,000'.
(d) 16,000'.

9. What happens to the new engines on Gann's DC-4A as they are flying from San Francisco?
(a) The back engines catch fire.
(b) They all sputter and eventually fail.
(c) They run too slow to keep the plane at a cruising altitude.
(d) Two of them burn through their fuel too quickly.

10. How does Gann describe his home in Brazil?
(a) Simple and neat.
(b) Full of insects and vermin.
(c) Small but clean.
(d) A big beach home.

11. Which two names below does Gann never mention as being part of his crew while he pilots the C-54?
(a) Smith and O'Ryan.
(b) Robertson and LaFrenier.
(c) Bradford and Millington.
(d) Ditmeyer and Braseman.

12. How does Gann react when he finds that O'Connor has snatched the C-87 that Gann and his crew were supposed to fly on their route to Greenland, sticking them instead with the older C-47?
(a) He is fine because O'Connor has seniority.
(b) He writes a sarcastic note to O'Connor.
(c) He thinks nothing of it.
(d) He laughs at the good joke O'Connor has played on him.

13. Which one of the following stops was not on Gann's route to Chabua, Assam?
(a) Gaya, India.
(b) Madagascar.
(c) Ascension Island.
(d) Kano, Nigeria.

14. With a fire in the plane, Gann knows he must try to land. What does he see that overjoys him as he tries to land?
(a) Another plane ushering him onto the runway.
(b) The fire beginning to burn out.
(c) A clear view of the runway.
(d) A small hole in the weather.

15. What dangerous mishap happens seconds after Gann takes off in a Douglas C-54 in Chapter 14?
(a) Three engines begin to misfire.
(b) The cabin depressurizes.
(c) One of the wings loses a flap.
(d) The landing gear will not retract.

Short Answer Questions

1. Initially, how does Gann view his new role flying on behalf of the military?

2. In Agra, Gann's plane was so overloaded, he almost what?

3. Gann mentions the death of Watkins. How does Watkins die?

4. What weather patterns and geography does Gann note in chapter 14 that he and other pilots have come to know?

5. How is O'Connor's lost flight located?

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