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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sobriquet does Marian earn from the Missoula pilots?
(a) Red Baroness.
(b) Blue Racer.
(c) Green Tornado.
(d) Yellow Flash.

2. How much does Marian stand to earn for every book she shelves at the library?
(a) A nickel.
(b) A penny.
(c) A quarter.
(d) A dime.

3. In what year does Isaac Stevens sign a treaty with the tribes local to what will become Missoula?
(a) 1883.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1877.

4. To which of the following is Sitting-in-the-Water-Grizzly reported to have been married?
(a) Thompson.
(b) Boisverd.
(c) Picard.
(d) Smith.

5. What is the name of Hadley’s assistant?
(a) Valeriva.
(b) Augustina.
(c) Milana.
(d) Katerina.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following cities does Marian stop along her circumnavigation?

2. What is the name of the horse Wallace, Marian, and Jamie have in Missoula?

3. To which of the following does Marian compare Barclay?

4. What type of plane do the Brayfogles fly?

5. With which outfit had the Brayfogles worked?

Short Essay Questions

1. What childhood reaction to Marian’s logbook does Hadley report to Hugo?

2. What are the three possible outcomes of a graveyard spiral?

3. How does Hadley describe the feeling of confronting choices at college?

4. How does the novel define the term “vrille” (187)?

5. What is remarked upon as Wallace’s “one unexpected strictness” (87)?

6. How does Stanley hide his alcohol production?

7. For what does Marian grieve after her first flight to Vancouver?

8. What reasons are reported for Lena hunting via rifle rather than trap?

9. How is Addison’s home in New York City described?

10. How do Hadley’s parents die?

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