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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what was Mermoz an expert?

2. When does Antoine say the clay of life is set?

3. According to Antoine, who frees a plane design from its prison?

4. What was Guillaumet's occupation?

5. Who was with Mermoz when he was stranded on the cliff?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Antoine's hands during his flight through the typhoon?

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

4. How did Joseph Conrad describe the storm in which he was caught?

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

6. How long did Guillaumet go without sleeping while he was stranded and why?

7. What does Antoine say he knows he know he sounds like when describing the typhoon?

8. How did Antoine feel about his housekeeper as a child?

9. What important skill did Mermoz teach Antoine?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of different settings in this book. Describe some of these settings. Why might Antoine have chosen to talk about these particular settings from his life experiences?

Essay Topic 2

Training and education are topics of discussion in this book. Where do these topics appear in this book, and what affect do they have on the people involved in those parts?

Essay Topic 3

Antoine presents the idea that there are two sides to every man. Choose three of the people from this book and write about their dual natures and how this duality affected the other people around them.

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