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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Antoine say was the most significant part of a physical struggle?
(a) The mental capacity.
(b) The spiritual aspect.
(c) The shared experience.
(d) The ability to keep it in the past.

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

3. According to Antoine, what is the key to a good plane design?
(a) Accessories.
(b) Simplicity.
(c) Quality components.
(d) Aerodynamics.

4. What color was the sky on the day that Antoine saw the natural disaster?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Gray.
(d) Turquoise.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Antoine to want to stop fighting against the natural disaster?

2. According to Antoine, what is an artist's true job?

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

4. What caused Antoine to become lost for the first time?

5. Of what does Antoine say the men in bureaucratic positions were victims?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Antoine find when he thought he was in a place where no man had been before, and what did he think they were?

2. What did Antoine think as he boarded the bus heading to his first day of flying?

3. What were the worst moments of the typhoon for Antoine?

4. To what does Antoine compare himself when he finds himself at the mercy of the elements?

5. What confused Antoine about people who visit Chile?

6. Why do some people think machines have caused the loss of important morals and values in society?

7. To what does Antoine compare himself when his plane dropped down without any control from him?

8. What did Antoine notice about the sky just before the typhoon?

9. How does Antoine describe Guillaumet's reaction to trials and obstacles?

10. What important skill did Mermoz teach Antoine?

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