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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: Prisoner of the Sand.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color are the strange rocks that Antoine found in the place he thinks no other human had been?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Pink.
(d) White.

2. According to Antoine, who frees a plane design from its prison?
(a) Pilots.
(b) Contractors.
(c) Engineers.
(d) God.

3. In which desert did Antoine have his important dream?
(a) Maltoumi.
(b) Death Valley.
(c) Sahara.
(d) Nairobi.

4. What does Antoine contemplate when he landed in Punta Arenas?
(a) Womanhood.
(b) Technology.
(c) Religion.
(d) Humanity.

5. What caused Antoine to think he was going mad after his crash landing?
(a) He thought about God.
(b) He saw cities and oases.
(c) He thought about shooting himself.
(d) He saw his partner withering away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the crash landing, what did Antoine think he saw in the Middle East when he looked at a meteorology map before taking off?

2. What made Antoine know surviving after the crash landing was worth the effort?

3. What does Antoine say machines annihilate for humans?

4. How should a pilot be able to use a well-designed plane?

5. What filled the house in Antoine's dream in the desert?

(see the answer key)

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