Sabotage in the Sky
Quiz
1. Main Idea
What is the main idea of the story?
An ace pilot is hired to test a plan and is sabotaged, but wins in the end.
Military personnel spend most of their time buying airplanes.
Flying is a very difficult activity for women.
You can never trust female pilots.
2. Sequence
What belongs in the middle?
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Bill Trevillian accepts the job of testing the BCA-41.
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Bill takes the BCA-41 up for the first time.
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Bill is introduced to Kip Lee at an embassy ball.
Bill’s mechanic is shot.
Kip Lee makes Bill tell her she won.
the military contract is split between the two aircraft companies.
3. Cause and Effect
Kip Lee is covered in oil, so ________________.
Bill laughs at how funny she looks.
she takes a shower to wash it off.
she decides to quit flying.
another pilot loans her clothing.
4. Cause and Effect
Bill learns that Kip Lee returned to the hangar to get her evening bag, so ________________.
he drives to Lee Aircraft and accuses her of having his gauge jimmied.
he goes flying alone until he feels less angry.
he gets into a fight with the men who let her in.
he checks to see if she left anything else in his plane.
5. Context Clues
Kip Lee is upset about Bill saying that “ ___________ can’t fly” because she can fly.
dames
older men
mechanics
generals
6. Context Clues
The test planes used ____________ to see which plane was able to accomplish the most accurate shooting.
camera guns
black boxes
flags
wings
7. Prediction or Inference
What do you think Kip Lee and Bill Trevillian do after the end of the book?
Get married, and keep flying.
Start a small grocery business.
Make frequent trips to the embassy.
Give up flying and retire.
8. Prediction or Inference
Why do you think Bill lies to Kip by telling her “it was the swellest show any pilot ever put over?
He loves her and doesn’t want her to be hurt or mad at him.
Bill had received a head injury and wasn’t thinking clearly.
He was shy and couldn’t say what he really thought around others.
He didn’t realize he was saying it to Kip.
9. Facts and Details
What name did the Nazi saboteur use?
Albert Straud
Greasy Hannigan
Mr. Cannard
Jason Brient
10. Facts and Details
The planes Bill and Kip were testing were to be used in ___________.
World War II.
the Korean War.
Desert Storm.
World War I.
11. Facts and Details
The ______ was the plane Kip tested.
L97
R2D2
B63
581A
12. Facts and Details
A rudder is ___________.
something used to steer a plane or boat.
an airplane wing.
the seat the pilot sits in.
a type of headgear.
13. Facts and Details
When Kip had trouble with her de-icers, she thought ___________ had sabotaged her plane.
Bill Trevillian
the mechanic
her brother
the Nazis
14. Facts and Details
When the plane Kip was testing reached a certain altitude, she put on ________.
an oxygen mask
a warm coat
her sunglasses
a hat
15. Facts and Details
Bill was rescued from the water by ____________.
an English vessel.
the Coast Guard.
his mechanic.
Kip Lee.
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CHARACTERS
Write about the following characters, and be sure to explain their relationships to the other characters.
Bill Trevillian
Bill Trevillian is one of the two best American test pilots alive, taught to fly by a man named Terry Lee. When Bill is hired by Beryl-Cannard Airlines to test a plane for the military he soon finds that his planes are being sabotaged. He thinks it is the work of his competitor, the beautiful Kip Lee (also taught by Terry Lee – her brother). When the sabotage turns deadly, Bill is knocked unconscious by a German spy and ends up on a British ship and out of the country. As a result, he doesn’t even know what really happened until much later. When he discovers that Kip did everything she could to save him, Bill realizes that she loves him after all and they decide to get married.
Kip Lee
Kip Lee is the younger sister of Terry Lee, the man who taught her hero, Bill Trevillian, to fly. He has also taught her to fly and her goal has been to be as good as Bill. When she meets Bill as an adult, he doesn’t recognize her and, in fact, laughs at her. She then does everything possible to show him how well she can fly. But her anger causes him to think she dislikes him enough to sabotage his plane. When he ends up in danger of dying, Kip does all she can to save him. Bill then realizes she loves him and she gets the recognition she’s been after as well as a husband.
Terry Lee
Terry Lee is the pilot who taught both Bill Trevillian and his younger sister, Kip Lee, to fly. He no longer flies himself due to an accident that left him with a bad leg. Now he owns Lee Aircraft and his company is competing against Beryl-Cannard Airlines for the government contract for a plane.
Greasy Hannigan
Greasy Hannigan is a mechanic assigned to Bill by the company that hired him as well as being an old friend. Greasy also takes the part of “gunner” when the planes are tested, operating the camera gun. He is shot and pushed out of Bill’s plane by the German spy, but survives and goes to work for Terry Lee when he recovers.
SUMMARY
Write a summary of the book on a separate piece of paper. You may prepare for an oral summary if you prefer.
SBQ (Story-based Questions)
Answer the following questions in short sentences.
1. Why has Bill Trevillian been hired by Beryl-Cannard Airlines?
He was hired to test a new plane that the airline owner hopes to sell to the military.
2. How do Bill Trevillian and Kip Lee know each other from earlier?
Kip is the younger sister of the man who taught Bill to fly.
3. What makes Bill think that Kip has sabotaged his plane?
He finds out that she was in the hangar earlier when he was not around.
4. How is Bill lured away from his plane shortly after he finds out it was monkeyed with?
He is told there’s a phone call and is led to believe it’s Kip Lee.
5. What happens to Greasy Hannigan when he is acting as the gunner for Bill during the testing of the plane?
He is shot by the German spy and pushed out of the plane.
6. What does Kip do when she realizes that Bill is in serious danger?
She gets her gunner to radio for help and she stays in the area despite putting herself in danger.
7. When does Bill finally realize that Kip Lee loves him?
When he returns from England after the battle, he finds out how much Kip put herself in danger to save him.
8. What kind of girl is the only kind Kip Lee feels Bill would look at twice?
One who could fly as well as Bill could.
SBD(Story-based Discussion)
While you are reading the book, find the answers to the following questions. You don’t have to write down the answers.
1. Why is Bill being offered a grossly exaggerated salary for testing the BCA-41?
Two other test pilots have already been killed while testing it.
2. Why does Kip start grinning when Bill manages to safely make an emergency landing?
He was covered in black oil – just as she had been when he laughed at her.
3. How does von Straub get his plane away from Kip Lee’s when she is trying to stay right on him?
He flies over the vessel and then suddenly dives almost into the waves.
SAW (Story-applied Writing)
Pick one topic below and write a complete response.
1. Write a few pages for the book that describe what happens to Bill while he is recovering aboard the English vessel that picked him up.
2. Compare and contrast Bill Trevillian with a character you have read about in another book.
3. Choose a few scenes from the book and rewrite them from the perspective of Kip Lee.
FIND THE MEANING
1. piously means
wishfully
without interest
unhappily
without interest
unhappily
respectfully
2. lacerated means
worn out
rectangular
nicely painted
roughly torn
3. dispersed means
wandered
floated
sprinted
scattered
4. premonition means
a cliff
a strong breeze
a storm
a strong breeze
a storm
a forewarning
5 . averted means
rotted
pretended
worked fast
pretended
worked fast
prevented
6. recesses means
short bursts of sound
small animal homes
small animal homes
cracks in the sidewalk
a secluded or inner area
a secluded or inner area
7. glowered means
showed sympathy
pretended feeling
changed something
looked at angrily
pretended feeling
changed something
looked at angrily
8. lanky means
rounded
sleepy
not happy
sleepy
not happy
tall and thin
9. apparition means
a lovely person
a large dog
a mystical beast
a large dog
a mystical beast
a sudden or unusual sight
10. cunning means
discouraged
unhappy
outgoing
unhappy
outgoing
sly; tricky
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES
11. The audience __________ to the concession stands during the play’s intermission.
glowered
lacerated
premonition
dispersed
lacerated
premonition
dispersed
12. He had to become __________ when he realized that strength alone wouldn’t win the fight.
lanky
averted
piously
cunning
averted
piously
cunning
13. The wooden hull of the old boat had become __________ in many places from years of being pulled onto rocky beaches.
recesses
apparition
dispersed
lacerated
dispersed
lacerated
14. He’s now, but will put on weight and muscle on this program.
averted
glowered
cunning
glowered
cunning
lanky
15. She knew the reason for her fears was somewhere in the __________ of her mind.
apparition
averted
piously
recesses
piously
recesses
16. His little brother __________ at him for knocking over his house of cards.
averted
cunning
dispersed
glowered
cunning
dispersed
glowered
17. Just before her mother called to tell her about the accident, she had a __________ that there was bad news.
lacerated
lanky
recesses
premonition
lanky
recesses
premonition
18. The priest bowed __________ to the Pope when he got the chance to meet him.
lacerated
cunning
glowered
piously
cunning
glowered
piously
19. The amazing __________ of natively dressed Indians in New York City was a sight I will never forget.
lanky
averted
dispersed
apparition
20. The accident was ____ by the quick thinking of one of the passengers.
dispersed
lacerated
recesses
averted
lacerated
recesses
averted