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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After how many cross-country flights is Marian graduated from training?
(a) 18.
(b) 11.
(c) 25.
(d) 4.

2. To which composer’s work do Caleb and Jamie listen after the former enlists?
(a) Schumann.
(b) Debussy.
(c) Chopin.
(d) Elgar.

3. What is Marian’s first duty station in Britain?
(a) Hamble.
(b) Luton.
(c) Ratcliffe Hall.
(d) White Waltham.

4. For a library in what town does Jamie accept a commission?
(a) Blaine.
(b) Bellingham.
(c) Ferndale.
(d) Acme.

5. What type of plane does Marian buy in Alaska?
(a) Beechcraft.
(b) Stearman.
(c) Spitfire.
(d) Wasp.

6. In what year does Elinor Smith make her last flight?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1956.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1933.

7. From which state does Cochrane hail?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Florida.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Georgia.

8. What type of passenger plane is the first to be bombed?
(a) 247.
(b) DC8.
(c) A340.
(d) 747.

9. Whose works does Jamie find among Fahey’s collection?
(a) Ruskin.
(b) Friedrich.
(c) Constable.
(d) Turner.

10. In which of the following countries does Marian make a logbook entry?
(a) Namibia.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Malawi.
(d) Botswana.

11. What is the reported first line of Carol’s book?
(a) “An unfinished ship.”
(b) “I don’t know it, but I am about to be swallowed by either fire or water.”
(c) “The cold brings the darkness, and I am lost. But I am not afraid.”
(d) “I was born to be a wanderer.”

12. To what kind of shrub does Jamie compare Marian and Caleb’s relationship?
(a) Blackberry.
(b) Witch hazel.
(c) Arbor vitae.
(d) Viburnum.

13. What is the name of Sarah’s brother?
(a) Ira.
(b) George.
(c) Glenn.
(d) Irving.

14. What does Hadley note is her preferred word?
(a) Sweet.
(b) Umami.
(c) Tart.
(d) Sharp.

15. Which of the following epithets does Fahey assign to Jamie?
(a) Traitor.
(b) Apostate.
(c) Heretic.
(d) Blasphemer.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does Marian compare herself?

2. The novel glosses the world “polynya” as which of the following?

3. In what year is the body of Bill Lancaster found?

4. In what year does Cochrane break the sound barrier?

5. What skin does Caleb have on the floor of his cabin outside Missoula?

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