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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) 8,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 10,000.

2. As mission specialists, how many hours of flight time are required monthly?
(a) 25.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

3. How much younger is Barbara than Joan?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 years.

4. How many women were involved in the Women in Space Program led by William Randolph Lovelace II?
(a) 13.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 15.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How high above the earth's atmosphere are Vanessa and Griff when they make their space walk?

3. What type of pizza does Frances like?

4. What type of doctor is Lydia?

5. During Joan's interview at NASA, how long is she instructed to wear a suit and stay inside a three-foot-wide white fabric ball?

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