View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Men.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mermoz teach Antoine to do?
(a) Use his pack as a floatation device.
(b) Push back the fear in his mind.
(c) Land on a sea air strip.
(d) Create a map.

2. What caused Antoine to become lost for the first time?
(a) Fast falling darkness.
(b) A broken beacon.
(c) Rain.
(d) Fog.

3. How long was Guillaumet stranded before he was found?
(a) Two months.
(b) One month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) One week.

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

5. What did Antoine's teacher say lies below the clouds?
(a) The Earth.
(b) The Unknown.
(c) Cities.
(d) Eternity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What holiday did Antoine feel he was celebrating when he was in the Sahara with some pilots?

2. What does Antoine say he felt like after his conversation with Guillaumet about the map?

3. To what did Antoine's flying partner pray for guidance?

4. What is the name of the French aeronautic program?

5. What did Antoine sometimes forget while he was flying?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 225 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample