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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Men of the Desert.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Antoine think the strange rocks are that he found in the place he thinks no other human had been?
(a) Ancient ruins.
(b) Meteorites.
(c) A new and strange gem.
(d) Lava flows.

2. According to Antoine, what kind of world is the desert?
(a) A barbaric world.
(b) A dangerous world.
(c) A mineral world.
(d) A secretive world.

3. What holiday did Antoine feel he was celebrating when he was in the Sahara with some pilots?
(a) Halloween.
(b) New Year's.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Valentine's Day.

4. Where does Antoine say he spent the best years of his life?
(a) The oases.
(b) The ocean shore.
(c) The desert.
(d) The arctic.

5. Which of the following is NOT something that Antoine says that machines help people to do?
(a) Communicate.
(b) Teach.
(c) Invent.
(d) Entertain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color was the sky on the day that Antoine saw the natural disaster?

3. What did the two girls at the first oasis like to feed in their spare time?

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

5. What did Antoine want the person in his dreams to call him when she heard of his adventures?

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