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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. To what faction did Pepin belong?

2. What main topic does Antoine discuss in Chapter 9?

3. What did two opposing sides call one another after a day of battling?

4. How did two girls disappear and reappear while in the building Antoine stayed in when he saw his first oasis?

5. What was Guillaumet carrying in the plane when he left Antoine in the Sahara?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Antoine say the killing in war is ironic?

2. How has the need for labor changed the people on the train?

3. How does Antoine describe the child he sees on the train?

4. To what does Antoine compare himself at the end of the book?

5. What are some of the more violent examples Antoine gives of men's need to unite?

6. How does Antoine start his chapter about oases?

7. How did Antoine and his mechanic feel as the journey to Saigon began?

8. How did Antoine and Prevot react when they met a caravan after their crash landing?

9. What did the two girls from Paraguay like to do in their spare time?

10. What does Antoine think happened to the girls since he last saw them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

This book is an autobiographical history of a real pilot. How does the truthfulness of the narrative change the feeling and progression of the book?

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