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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Richard Archbold go to New Guinea for the second time?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1933.

2. When did Richard Archbold first go to New Guinea?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1934.

3. When did Eleanor die?
(a) May 16.
(b) May 14.
(c) May 15.
(d) May 17.

4. What injury did McCollom sustain while carrying Eleanor?
(a) A broken hand.
(b) A broken pelvis.
(c) A broken arm.
(d) A broken rib.

5. How powerful were the C-47 engines?
(a) 600 HP.
(b) 1200 HP.
(c) 2000 HP.
(d) 1600 HP.

6. What did the jungle of Shangri-La not have?
(a) Bats.
(b) Predatory mammals.
(c) Lizzard.
(d) Birds.

7. How many people did Richard Archbold have at the base camp in his third expedition to New Guinea?
(a) Nearly 100.
(b) Nearly 200.
(c) Nearly 300.
(d) Nearly 500.

8. How old was McCollom at the time of the crash?
(a) 23.
(b) 42.
(c) 26.
(d) 35.

9. When did Prossen graduate with an engineering degree?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1933.

10. How many nurses died in the Anzio bombing?
(a) 9.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

11. When was "The Gremlins" written?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1942.

12. How long before the Gremlin Special flight was Robert's daughter born?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 12 weeks.

13. When did Laura Besley enlist in the WAC?
(a) August 1941.
(b) August 1944.
(c) August 1942.
(d) August 1943.

14. What are the two type of gangrene according to Chapter 9?
(a) Wet and dry.
(b) Dry and chronic.
(c) Dry and oily.
(d) Wet and compounded.

15. Where was Decker working at Fee-Ask?
(a) Inventory.
(b) Maintenance.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Drafting room.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many languages did the peoples of New Guinea speak?

2. What was one of the greatest military luxuries of all according to Chapter 6?

3. What was the designation of the Liberator bombers?

4. When did the Gremlin Special lift off for its trip according to Chapter 5?

5. How were planes identifying themselves in radio transmission?

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