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

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

3. How long was Guillaumet stranded before he was found?

4. Where was Antoine when he thought he was somewhere no man had been before?

5. What causes the metal of a well-designed plane to disappear from notice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What important skill did Mermoz teach Antoine?

2. Why did the locals refuse to join the search for Guillaumet when he went missing?

3. What does Antoine say is the true calling of a sculptor?

4. On what does Antoine blame the decline in moral values?

5. What confused Antoine about people who visit Chile?

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

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

8. What does Antoine say happens to people when they fly above the Earth?

9. How was Guillaumet found when he was stranded?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

The separation of classes is quite a significant theme in this book. What are these classes, and how does this separation affect the people belonging to them?

Essay Topic 3

Antoine includes some ingenious forms of irony in this book. What are some of these examples, and how does their ironic nature affect the feeling of his narrative?

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