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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Antoine when he saw a natural disaster?
(a) His house.
(b) A car.
(c) A ship.
(d) His plane.

2. What view does Antoine think he is stealing when he is flying?
(a) The clouds'.
(b) A butterfly's.
(c) A bird's.
(d) God's.

3. What does Antoine describe at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) A hurricane.
(b) A volcano.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A typhoon.

4. According to Antoine, what are all humans on the earth?
(a) Visitors.
(b) Strangers.
(c) Essential.
(d) Intruders.

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

6. To what does Antoine compare Guillaumet when talking about how he confronted challenges?
(a) A prophet.
(b) A carpenter.
(c) A professor.
(d) A mechanic.

7. How many days did Guillaumet walk without sleeping while stranded ?
(a) Four days.
(b) Three days.
(c) Five days.
(d) Six days.

8. What was the worst feeling Antoine experienced during the natural disaster?
(a) Peace.
(b) Terror.
(c) Anticipation.
(d) Panic.

9. What did Earth symbolize to Antoine as a pilot?
(a) The enemy.
(b) The reason.
(c) The destination.
(d) The ultimate good.

10. According to Antoine, what shaped his character the most?
(a) His schooling.
(b) His adventures.
(c) His childhood.
(d) His dreams.

11. What does Antoine say his story about the natural disaster was unable to do?
(a) Show his true feelings.
(b) Elicit emotion.
(c) Calm his heart.
(d) Connect him to the reader.

12. Of what does Antoine say the men in bureaucratic positions were victims?
(a) Their expectations.
(b) The system.
(c) Their own limitations.
(d) The necessities of life.

13. What does Antoine say he sounds like when describing his experience with a natural disaster?
(a) A little boy.
(b) An omniscient being.
(c) A scientist.
(d) An old man.

14. What caused Antoine to want to stop fighting against the natural disaster?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Respect.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Fear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what part of his body did Antoine lose communication during the natural disaster?

2. To what does Antoine compare people who hate machines?

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

4. What does Antoine say a plane makes the desolate become?

5. What will evolve along with all the new machines?

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