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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. To which of the following does Hadley compare Alexei?

2. In what year does Elinor Smith make her last flight?

3. Which of the following epithets does Fahey assign to Jamie?

4. To which location is Marian sent to deliver her first Spitfire?

5. How far does Marian estimate she can fly her Stearman on a full tank?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Spitfire argued to be a feminine plane?

2. What is the initial direction in Hadley’s script?

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

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

5. What hinders Jamie’s initial search for work in Seattle?

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

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

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

9. Hadley watches a documentary about one of Adelaide’s artistic projects; describe the project briefly.

10. Why are women prohibited from flying Class VI planes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hadley remarks that “We is safer than I when you’re inside it, but it’s a tippy thing, unreliable, ready at any moment to toss you away and leave you exposed as an I after all” (60). Does the novel substantiate the remark? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

A significant amount of readerly attention focuses on the comment that Marian “hadn’t anticipated how much of her behavior after marriage would be motivated by a wish not to argue” (269). What in the novel and in experience might account for the attention, and how might they do so?

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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