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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time did the Gremlin Special crash?
(a) Shortly after 6 P.M.
(b) Shortly after 5 P.M.
(c) Shortly after 3 P.M.
(d) Shortly after 4 P.M.

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

3. What did McCollom compare the slow pace of their trek to the clearing?
(a) Like swimming on the back.
(b) Like swiming in honey.
(c) As swimming with a lead chain.
(d) Like swimming eyes closed.

4. What was Ray T. Elsmore's rank?
(a) Captain.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Major.
(d) General.

5. What did Margaret have trouble admitting?
(a) That she liked to be in charge.
(b) That she was wrong.
(c) That she was afraid.
(d) That she enjoyed being in the jungle.

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

7. How many men survived the Flying Dutchman crash?
(a) 17.
(b) 34.
(c) 16.
(d) 25.

8. How fast did the C-47 go at full throttle?
(a) 195 miles per hour.
(b) 350 miles per hour.
(c) 225 miles per hour.
(d) 145 miles per hour.

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

10. When did the Gremlin Special lift off for its trip according to Chapter 5?
(a) 3:15 P.M.
(b) 2:15 P.M.
(c) 3:45 P.M.
(d) 2:45 P.M.

11. What was the civilian name of the C-47?
(a) DC-3.
(b) DC-2.
(c) DC-4.
(d) DC-5.

12. When did Richard Archbold go to Madagascar according to Chapter 8?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1923.

13. What are the colors of the WAC?
(a) Red and white.
(b) Yellow and blue.
(c) Black and red.
(d) Gold and green.

14. How many bearers did Richard Archbold have during his third expedition in New Guinea?
(a) 72.
(b) 56.
(c) 45.
(d) 126.

15. How long before the crash did Nicholson learn to fly?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 years.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Margaret's recation during the crash?

2. What did the natives bring back as proof they found the wreck of the Flying Dutchman?

3. What was Margaret's eye color?

4. Why did McCollom not sit beside his brother?

5. What was Myron Grimes' rank?

(see the answer keys)

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