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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, "The Lab Rat".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the volunteers report to Lovelace?
(a) To observe rocket testing.
(b) For medical testing.
(c) For flight training.
(d) For psychological testing.

2. What is the Navy-calculated probability that a career Navy pilot will die in an aircraft accident?
(a) 56%
(b) 23%
(c) 7%
(d) 38%

3. What are the pilots known by at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?
(a) Their call sign.
(b) Their given name.
(c) Their nickname.
(d) Their number.

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

5. Why does Janet Conrad support her husband's decision to join the astronaut program?
(a) She thinks it will vault his career to the top.
(b) She thinks it will be safer than flying high-performance jet fighters.
(c) She wants to move out of the desert.
(d) She wants her husband to be a famous astronaut.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the pilots report to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?

2. What is the nickname given to Project Mercury by the top pilots at the base?

3. In what year does the story begin?

4. Why is Pete Conrad transferred to the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland?

5. How many fighter jocks volunteer for the top-secret civilian program?

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