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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, "In Single Combat".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Pete receives his top-secret orders, what is the project he is being asked to volunteer for?
(a) The Moon Project.
(b) The X-1 Project.
(c) The Saturn Project.
(d) The Mercury Project.

2. Muroc Army Air Base is renamed in 1948. What is its new name?
(a) Cape Canaveral.
(b) Edwards Air Force Base.
(c) Kennedy Army Air Base.
(d) George Air Force Base.

3. How much time passes after the press conference before the astronauts are though of as national heroes?
(a) They aren't considered of as national heroes until the first launch.
(b) It takes seven weeks.
(c) It happens overnight.
(d) It takes three days.

4. What is Chuck Yeager's signature flying move?
(a) A slow roll, sixty feet off the deck.
(b) Pulling out of a steep dive just before crashing.
(c) Shooting straight up before leveling off.
(d) He has no signature move.

5. How many test pilots are in the original group in Jacksonville?
(a) 20.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feature makes Pete Conrad different from a lot of other pilots?

2. How many kills does Yeager have by the end of World War II?

3. From the original volunteers for the program, how many are finally accepted as astronauts?

4. What does every fighter jock also think of himself as?

5. Who is in charge of testing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?

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