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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, "The Unscrewable Pooch".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does every fighter jock also think of himself as?
(a) A being just beneath God.
(b) A ladies' man.
(c) An indestructible force.
(d) An ace driver.

2. Scott Carpenter is the only astronaut who has a touch of what in him?
(a) A rebel.
(b) An activist.
(c) A ladies' man.
(d) A poet.

3. How many planes does a pilot have to shoot down in combat to be considered an "ace"?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

4. In every flight class, what ratio of new trainees do not earn their wings?
(a) 3 in 5.
(b) 7 in 9.
(c) 1 in 3.
(d) 2 in 4.

5. What is the one sound that test pilots' wives are most afraid of?
(a) The sound of a plane's engine.
(b) The telephone.
(c) The church bells.
(d) The door bell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who runs the Fly Inn near Muroc Field?

2. Which of the astronauts rises early each morning to do his roadwork where everyone can see him?

3. When a pilot is in the air and looking down at the ground, what does he most often feel?

4. How many days before the planned Mercury launch do the Russians put a man into space?

5. Shepard is strapped so tightly into the capsule that he can't feel the weightlessness he knows he is experiencing. What item floats in front of him in the capsule?

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