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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the pilot that Gann meets toward the end of the novel who holds seniority number 1?
(a) Sloniger.
(b) Skipper.
(c) Armstrong.
(d) Porter.

2. After being transferred back to Natal, Gann spends the next few months on what type of routes?
(a) Long-haul missions.
(b) Short drop-offs.
(c) Commercial trips.
(d) Stealth military routes.

3. When Gann locates O'Connor's flight in Chapter 12, what is done?
(a) The British Royal Air Force takes over.
(b) The Coast Guard is called in.
(c) He is airlifted out.
(d) Supplies are dropped to him.

4. What crew position does Grimes hold on Gann's flight from San Francisco to Honolulu?
(a) Flight engineer.
(b) Co-pilot.
(c) Radio operator.
(d) Stewardess.

5. How is Dudley described in the novel?
(a) Friendly and well-meaning.
(b) Very skilled.
(c) Meek.
(d) Loud-talking.

6. In Chapter 16, which pilot from his past does Gann join in flying at a newly formed airline with flights from California to Honolulu?
(a) Keim.
(b) Sloniger.
(c) Ross.
(d) McCabe.

7. Towards the end of the novel, Gann notes that he is transferred back to Natal and has managed to log how much flying time?
(a) 5,622 hours, 39 minutes.
(b) 5,972 hours, 40 minutes.
(c) 4,627 hours, 29 minutes.
(d) 2,598 hours, 38 minutes.

8. 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.

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

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

11. Gann performs a personal inspection of his plane during a flight from Honolulu to Burbank and decides that the vibration is what?
(a) Is just turbulence.
(b) Is very serious.
(c) Is coming from a loose seat.
(d) Is not serious.

12. After landing his plane in Burbank in chapter 18, Gann hears news of Coney and Willingham. What is that news?
(a) They completed a trans-world flight.
(b) They just graduated from flight school.
(c) They just landed in Burbank as well.
(d) They were just killed in a crash while flying a DC-4A.

13. In chapter 14, which flight schoolmate of Gann's does the reader learn is killed in a flight accident?
(a) Mood.
(b) Gay.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Oliver.

14. 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 laughs at the good joke O'Connor has played on him.
(b) He is fine because O'Connor has seniority.
(c) He thinks nothing of it.
(d) He writes a sarcastic note to O'Connor.

15. What weather patterns and geography does Gann note in chapter 14 that he and other pilots have come to know?
(a) Regional.
(b) European.
(c) South American.
(d) Global.

Short Answer Questions

1. Moments after taking off from Steensville, what technical issue do Gann and his crew have to deal with?

2. Where is Gann's flight from Honolulu headed after landing in Burbank?

3. When Gann and his crew land in Greenland, what do they expect?

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

5. On one trip, Gann flies with Howe, his co-pilot. How does he view Howe?

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