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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16 - "A Pretender - How One Fine Man is Ill-Used by Fate and Another Dares Deceive It".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Gann is recovering from his illness, what are other pilots receiving?
(a) Their pink slips.
(b) Their war activation letters.
(c) Their pension payments.
(d) Their vacation pay.

2. Which one of the following symptoms of hypoxia does Gann remember on his flight over the Andes?
(a) Visual disturbances.
(b) Increased mental awareness.
(c) Hightened sense of smell.
(d) Unconsciousness.

3. How does Gann describe his home in Brazil?
(a) A big beach home.
(b) Full of insects and vermin.
(c) Simple and neat.
(d) Small but clean.

4. What type of airplanes do most of the students already know how to pilot?
(a) None of them, except Gann, knows how to fly.
(b) Large commercial jets.
(c) Small airplanes.
(d) Fighter planes.

5. After a leave of absence, Gann flies route AM-21. What does he think of this route?
(a) He likes the brevity of the route.
(b) He does not mind it either way.
(c) He finds it stilting.
(d) He finds the route exciting.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which South American city are new planes to be delivered?

2. What does Gann believe about the other pilots' modesty when talking about their abilities?

3. In chapter 8, which friend of Gann's joins the route AM-21 as a pilot?

4. Why does McCabe reassign Gann?

5. When the missing item cannot be located in Wilkes-Barre, what happens to the flight?

(see the answer key)

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