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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 did Margaret start after the crash?

2. When did Richard Archbold go to New Guinea for the second time?

3. Why did McCollom not sit beside his brother?

4. What did Elsmore create for those flying above Shangri-La according to Chapter 4?

5. What was Richard Archbold in charge of in the Madagascar expedition?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Colonel Ray T. Elsmore doing a year prior according to Chapter 3?

2. What did the teams find of the natives?

3. What was the assumption made about Prossen's actions?

4. What injuries did Margaret sustain and how did she bandage herself?

5. Who was Richard Archbold?

6. What prevented the survivors from being found?

7. What did Major Myron Grimes point out on the flight?

8. What did Nicholson do and what did McCollom tell Nicholson to do?

9. What did a Western Union messenger do in Chapter 1?

10. What did McCollom push the other two survivors to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between the survivors and Wandik.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the conclusions drawn about the reasons for the crash of the Gremlin Special and discuss the significance of each factor.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role that Western Union had during World War II, and why WACS suffered high casualties despite being in non-combat positions.

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