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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. In which city does Adelaide have her studio?

2. How many cross-country flights is Marian expected to complete before her training concludes?

3. At what age does Cochrane become pregnant?

4. A professor of what subject buys Wallace’s house?

5. What is Marian’s first duty station in Britain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marian take with her when she absconds towards an abortion?

2. What reasons are offered for Alaskans’ acceptance of Marian after years of her masquerade under another identity?

3. Why does Jamie give up searching for his father in Seattle?

4. What reason does Marian give to Barclay for wanting to visit a nightclub?

5. What reasons are given for the ATA not teaching flight by instrumentation?

6. What prank is Lindbergh reported to have played on a friend?

7. What fears does Jamie note harboring with regard to the Faheys?

8. What difference does Hugo note between playing a person and playing a fictional character?

9. Why does Jamie warn Marian away from Barclay, albeit unsuccessfully?

10. What insight into fear does Hadley report having from playing Marian?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The two focal characters, Marian and Hadley, are made parallel in several ways, including by being orphans. How might the novel have been different had their parallelism been developed in other ways? For one such other way, what would the effects be, and why would they be those effects?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the celebration in Missoula of Lindbergh’s successful trans-Atlantic flight (92-93). What does it suggest about the participants that they celebrate the event, and how is the suggestion made?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the overall effect of paratext in the novel. There are a few illustrations and a few footnotes in addition to front and back matter. What do they do for the novel? How do they do it?

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