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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 do Green, Rutherford, and Tertius have in common?

2. What do the men ask Miss Brinklow?

3. Where is Conway pretty sure they have landed?

4. What do the men do in the plane after giving up plans to take out the pilot?

5. Why are the British evacuating white residents from Baskul to Peshawar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What raises questions among the passengers on the plane?

2. How is Mallinson bothered a second time on the flight?

3. What do they witness when the plane stops to refuel?

4. How are the men carrying the old man dressed?

5. Why is it better than they are not still in Baskul?

6. What is the question Conway asks of the group of Britons and one American?

7. What do the other passengers appreciate about Conway?

8. Why does Conway believe Chang may be ill?

9. What is the book about that Green wrote and Rutherford had read?

10. Who was on the plane that disappeared?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on morality. In you essay discuss how in many cases morality is relative to the society. Give examples of things that are accepted in one society but considered immoral in another one.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about how you would feel surrounded by great art, music, and literature without having to work for a living and having all the time you need to enjoy those things. In your essay detail the art, music, and literature you would want to have in your collection.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the weakness of anecdotal evidence. Explain why it is never proof but supports an emotional need for explanations. Use the fact that Conway accepted everything the High Lama and Chang told him without question.

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