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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Antoine say is removed when one flies above the landscape?
(a) Fear.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Perspective.
(d) Innocence.

2. To what does Antoine compare a well designed plane?
(a) The balloon.
(b) The human body.
(c) A bird.
(d) A good helmet.

3. What motivated Guillaumet to keep moving when he was stranded and alone?
(a) The information he was to deliver.
(b) His own pride.
(c) The thought of his family.
(d) The call of a wolf guiding him.

4. What causes the metal of a well-designed plane to disappear from notice?
(a) Simple features.
(b) Easy movement.
(c) Perfect functioning.
(d) Quiet engines.

5. In which desert did Antoine have his important dream?
(a) Sahara.
(b) Maltoumi.
(c) Death Valley.
(d) Nairobi.

6. Where was Antoine when he heard that Guillaumet had been found?
(a) A local hut.
(b) The hangar.
(c) The airport.
(d) A pub.

7. What caused Antoine to want to stop fighting against the natural disaster?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Fear.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Respect.

8. What color did Antoine say the sea was during the natural disaster?
(a) Gray.
(b) Black.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.

9. Where was Antoine when he saw a natural disaster?
(a) A ship.
(b) His plane.
(c) His house.
(d) A car.

10. During what season did Guillaumet get stranded?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

11. What does Antoine contemplate when he landed in Punta Arenas?
(a) Religion.
(b) Technology.
(c) Womanhood.
(d) Humanity.

12. What does Antoine think the strange rocks are that he found in the place he thinks no other human had been?
(a) Ancient ruins.
(b) Meteorites.
(c) A new and strange gem.
(d) Lava flows.

13. What did Antoine's teacher say lies below the clouds?
(a) Eternity.
(b) Cities.
(c) The Earth.
(d) The Unknown.

14. To what does Antoine compare himself when he describes the sudden descent of his plane?
(a) A falling rock.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A waiter.
(d) A water fall.

15. What filled the house in Antoine's dream in the desert?
(a) Darkness.
(b) Water.
(c) Memories.
(d) Sand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Antoine supposed to transport in his plane?

2. What does Antoine say his story about the natural disaster was unable to do?

3. What did Antoine do during his breakfast after he got lost for the first time?

4. What confuses Antoine about some people who visit Chile?

5. What does Antoine describe at the beginning of Chapter 4?

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