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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, How We Skunks Got Our Name.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what type of a work week did the senior aerodynamicists, thermodynamicists, propulsion specialists, stress and structures, and weight engineers work to meet a deadline?
(a) 12-hour days, 5 days a week.
(b) 11-hour days, 7 days a week.
(c) 10-hour days, 6 days a week.
(d) 14-hour days, 7 days a week.

2. During what war did the P-80 win its first all-jet dogfight?
(a) Vietnam War.
(b) Desert Storm.
(c) World War II.
(d) Korean War.

3. During what war did the Arabs use Soviet SAM-5s, defensive surface-to-air missiles?
(a) Intifada I.
(b) Six Day War.
(c) Yom Kippur War.
(d) Israel-Hamas War.

4. How long did it take from start to finish for a new airplane to become operational on a flight line?
(a) 15 years.
(b) As long as 12 years.
(c) About 10 years.
(d) 9 years.

5. What type of a deadline was Skunk Works given to test-fly the first stealth fighter?
(a) 48 months.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 22 months.
(d) 32 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the 43 bridges spanning the Tigris-Euphrates River did the F-117A knock out?

2. In the 1950s, how frequently was Lockheed producing a new airplane?

3. Where was Rich's mother born and raised?

4. During his fifteen years of flight testing for Skunk Works, how many times did Bill Park have to bail out?

5. When did Rich take charge of the Skunk Works?

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