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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Oasis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Antoine, what made Mermoz such a good pilot?
(a) His instinct with weather.
(b) His ability to think outside the box.
(c) His bond with his craft.
(d) His lack of fear.

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

3. At what was Mermoz an expert?
(a) Teaching emergency preparedness.
(b) Making new types of plane engines.
(c) Identifying risks from miles away.
(d) Flying through uncharted territory.

4. What will evolve along with all the new machines?
(a) Communication.
(b) Language.
(c) Scope of vision.
(d) Folk songs.

5. What motivated Guillaumet to keep moving when he was stranded and alone?
(a) The thought of his family.
(b) His own pride.
(c) The call of a wolf guiding him.
(d) The information he was to deliver.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Antoine wonder while remembering his experience at the table with the two girls?

2. What does Antoine describe at the beginning of Chapter 4?

3. How long was Guillaumet stranded before he was found?

4. What does Antoine say the man who marries one of the girls will do to her wild garden?

5. In which desert did Antoine have his important dream?

(see the answer key)

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