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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. How should a pilot be able to use a well-designed plane?

2. To what does Antoine compare his brotherhood of pilots?

3. What does Antoine definitively say Guillaumet was NOT?

4. What did the ocean look like to Antoine during the natural disaster?

5. In which desert did Antoine have his important dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Antoine feel about his housekeeper as a child?

2. What important skill did Mermoz teach Antoine?

3. To what does Antoine compare himself when his plane dropped down without any control from him?

4. What does Antoine say is his favorite part of all the new machines in society?

5. What does Antoine say he knows he know he sounds like when describing the typhoon?

6. How was Guillaumet found when he was stranded?

7. Why do some people think machines have caused the loss of important morals and values in society?

8. What does Antoine say shaped his life the most?

9. What were the worst moments of the typhoon for Antoine?

10. On what does Antoine blame the decline in moral values?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Protection is a strong theme in this story. Where does this theme appear, and which people are most affected by the presence of this theme?

Essay Topic 2

Despair was an emotion that affected Antoine a number of times. What are some of these instances, what caused these feelings of despair, and how was Antoine able to overcome them?

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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