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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gann note "saved the day" when his Douglas C-54 has technical issues, causing a potentially life threatening situation?

2. How does Gann describe his home in Brazil?

3. What dangerous mishap happens seconds after Gann takes off in a Douglas C-54 in Chapter 14?

4. How many days of searching have passed before O'Connor is located?

5. Which of the following is not an attribute that is causing difficulties in rescuing O'Connor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the rescue planes keep track of where O'Connor's downed plane is located?

2. What does Gann recall about his actions when he sees a plane crash on the runway in Assam?

3. What emergency causes Gann to have to land his plane on his flight from Steensville?

4. What stories does Gann tell Keim about his recent long-distance flight transporting Chinese cash?

5. How does Gann feel about flying for the military when he first starts flying for them?

6. After WWII, what war does Gann fly in, and how does he feel about his role as a pilot in this situation again?

7. What do the mechanics discover during their engine inspections that seem to be causing all the trouble on the DC-4?

8. The British Air Force tells Gann his flight was in danger as they approached Iceland. Why were they in danger?

9. How does Gann describe his flights from California to Honolulu with the new airline he flies for?

10. How did his crash affect O'Connor in the long run?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Now and then, Gann updates the reader on the status of the airline industry at the time. At the beginning of the book, what is the status of the airline industry? How does this seem to change throughout the novel? What various outside factors seem to affect the success of the aviation industry? At the end of the novel, how does the airline industry seem to be doing?

Essay Topic 2

Gann uses descriptive language throughout his novel. Explain the importance of descriptive language in a novel and what the purpose of such writing is? Provide multiple examples of Gann's use of descriptive language in the novel and how it affected the way readers interpreted the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Conflict is a common idea in literature. Please define conflict, and choose one example of conflict from the text to describe and explain how this situation, relationship, and so forth is an example of conflict.

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