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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Throughout the text, how does Gann seem to respond to this seniority number?
(a) He complains about his high number.
(b) He dismisses the number altogether.
(c) He mourns for his low number.
(d) He brags about his low number.

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

3. What is McCabe assessing during the demonstration flight?
(a) Gann's skills and personality.
(b) Gann's airfighter technique.
(c) Gann's teamwork.
(d) Gann's answers to all his technical questions.

4. What is the name of the base where Gann lands in Greenland?
(a) Baliss Bay.
(b) Bluie-West-One.
(c) Fjordstrom.
(d) St. John's Base.

5. Which aircraft were the students primarily taught to fly?
(a) 747's and DC-2's.
(b) Tigers and BC-4's.
(c) BC-4's and F27's.
(d) DC-2's and DC-3's.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Wilkes-Barre incident, Ross decides to let Gann land at their next stop. How is that landing?

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

3. How does Gann describe the weather at Goose Bay?

4. What character traits does Gann seem to attribute to his fellow pilots?

5. Which direction does Gann follow the river while flying over the trackless jungles of South America?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some responsibilities that Gann will be doing while flying at Newark?

2. How does Gann feel about flying the Douglas DC-2 and DC-3?

3. Describe the scene as Gann and his crew approach Greenland.

4. Why does Gann see Goose Bay, and other Northeastern locations, as important to the U.S military?

5. What has caused Gann's oil line to erupt on his flight from Belem?

6. How does Gann handle the landing at Syracuse?

7. Briefly describe McIntosh and his teaching style.

8. What is Gann's view of his promotion to pilot?

9. Upon landing with his cargo at Goose Bay, what do Gann and his crew discover?

10. Trying to redeem himself for his landing in Syracuse, how does Gann handle his job raising the landing gear from Ross during the next takeoff?

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