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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. How long after the medics did Walter and his men jump into the valley according to Chapter 17?

2. What plane did McCollom contact in Chapter 14?

3. What regiment freed 200 people from a Japanese internment camp?

4. What did the native do with what the survivors and the paratroopers left behind?

5. Where were the pigs kept in the villages?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Walter have a sense of urgency?

2. What did Earl Walter Jr. speak of to his men in Chapter 13?

3. What did Walter begin to hope for according to Chapter 21?

4. What did Margaret hope their surprise was in Chapter 22?

5. What did the medics do after collecting their supplies?

6. What did McCollom speak with the radio man about?

7. Who was Earl Walter Junior according to Chapter 10?

8. What did Earl Jr.'s former teacher do?

9. What were Margaret and McCollom horrified to find in Chapter 14?

10. Who was Wimayuk Wandik and what did he do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define irony and discuss the significance in the decision made by the McCollom brothers on board the Gremlin Special.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role that the medics had in helping the survivors.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role that McCollom played after the crash and determine whether or not he was most suited for a leadership role.

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