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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 kind of building does Antoine hate to see smoking from the air?

2. How does Antoine describe the Spanish town in the middle of the Civil War?

3. What does Antoine think most young girls dream about?

4. What did Antoine fear the two girls at the first oasis would do to him?

5. Where was Antoine when he discovered some hope in humanity during the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gave Prevot comfort when the water ran out in the desert?

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

3. What does Antoine say the people on the train have sacrificed to bureaucracy?

4. How did Mohammed choose to prepare himself to return to his family?

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

6. What made Antoine know his survival in the desert was worth the effort?

7. How did the Moorish men feel when they saw the waterfall in France?

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

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

10. What did Antoine do with all of his money while walking through a desert village one day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Compassion and empathy are attributes present in a number of places in this book. What are some of the best examples and how do these affect the outcome of this book?

Essay Topic 3

Industry and the effects of industry are two major and related themes in this book. Where do these themes appear, and how do they work together to affect Antoine's life?

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