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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 motivated Antoine to stay alive after his crash landing?

2. Who controlled the things that were under the table when Antoine ate with the two girls?

3. Before the crash landing, what did Antoine think he saw in the Middle East when he looked at a meteorology map before taking off?

4. What water form was the sign of God's water power to the desert men?

5. What does Antoine say was washed from the people on the train?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What caused Antoine to crash land in the desert?

4. To what does Antoine compare the sergeant who reluctantly joined the war?

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

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

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

8. What does Antoine say dies when a man is killed?

9. What did Antoine see on the meteorology report before heading out to Saigon?

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

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?

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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