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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 is Marian’s first duty station in Britain?

2. On which company’s cruise liner do Marian and Barclay sail for England?

3. What other name does Sally Ayukawa carry?

4. To which store does Cochrane send Marian?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Barclay die?

2. What subjects does Marian study in Britain?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Redwood note as being his preferred word, and why?

8. What mercy does Marian perceive in her assumption that her love for Ruth cannot be reciprocated?

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

10. How does Marian interpret Cochran’s carefully constructed appearance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Jamie is reported to comment that “Some people are rotten inside, and the rottenness will never go away” (137). Does the novel bear out the comment? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

Notably, Wallace is a painter—and Jaime becomes one later. How might the story be different were Wallace and Jaime in a different line of work or artists in another medium? Why might it be different in those ways?

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