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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 3-68.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many feet higher can the Northrop T-38 Talons fly than a comerical airplane?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 10,000.

2. Where are Joan and other mission specialists sent to learn how to bail out over the ocean?
(a) Langley Air Force Base.
(b) Moody Air Force Base.
(c) Homestead Air Force Base.
(d) Charleston Air Force Base.

3. On the third flight of the shuttle Navigator, for what branch of the military is the crew launching the Arch-6?
(a) Marines.
(b) Army.
(c) Navy.
(d) Air Force.

4. Including Joan, how many candidates are to be in Group 9, when Joan joins NASA?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

5. As Vanessa prepares to open the hatch on the Navigator on December 29, 1984, how long has she worked toward that moment?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 36 months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of a boy Joan did not want to help with math when she was in elementary school?

2. When the T-38 assignments come in, who is Joan assigned to fly with?

3. When Joan begins her training at NASA, how many men have been lost over the last 20 years?

4. How many members are on the Orion Flight Team?

5. For what birthday did Joan want her parents to buy her a Unitron telescope?

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