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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 feel at the start of Chapter 18?

2. What did the survivors try to give the natives as a gift?

3. What did the natives smear on their body?

4. What do the survivor and the paratrooper groups do the first night together?

5. What did McCollom report to the plane in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened the day after the medics jumped according to Chapter 17?

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

4. What did Elsmore allow the press to do, and why was Walter restless in Chapter 20?

5. What did Doc do for Decker and Margaret without pain killers?

6. What did the C-47 do at the start of Chapter 16?

7. What was life like for the natives according to Chapter 11?

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

9. What happened to the camp in Chapter 19, and what supplies were dropped and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the lives of the natives before the crash of the Gremlin Special with after the crash, and discuss the implications of the crash as well as the role the media and government had in these changes.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the children's story written by Roald Dahl and its significance for the Gremlin Special.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between the survivors and paratroopers and the natives.

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