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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rick have to stop himself from grabbing?
(a) The control bar.
(b) The wing struts.
(c) Lon's pack.
(d) The rudders.

2. What does Rick do a number of times before being successful?
(a) Casts a fishing rod.
(b) Crashes the hang glider.
(c) Ties a fly.
(d) Drives the stick shift truck.

3. Why does Rick wonder how he is going to leave the desert?
(a) It is too hot to walk.
(b) He does not know the right direction.
(c) He sees the supply truck leave.
(d) He is afraid of the animals in the desert.

4. Who has a parachute?
(a) Rick.
(b) Neither man.
(c) Parachutes are not mentioned.
(d) Lon.

5. What occupation did Nuke used to have?
(a) Veterinarian.
(b) Cattle rancher.
(c) Bronc rider.
(d) Sheep rancher.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rick indicate his desire to land?

2. To what area is Joe being transferred?

3. Who does Rick suggest join him and Lon?

4. How high are the fliers when they drift downward?

5. After what does Rick believe Nuke's pit bull has been named?

(see the answer key)

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