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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of plane is used to simulate weightlessness for the ASCANs?
(a) KC-46 Pegasus.
(b) A330 MRTT.
(c) KC-135 Stratotanker.
(d) KC-10 Extender.

3. How many people have access to the main audio loop from the shuttle after the leak?
(a) Almost 3,000.
(b) 280.
(c) Nearly 1,500.
(d) 525.

4. Who crews the Columbia during the inagural space shuttle program launch?
(a) Bob Crippen and John Young.
(b) Laurel Clark and Ilan Ramon.
(c) Kalpana Chawla and David Brown.
(d) William McCool, and Michael Anderson.

5. How long after the launch of the first space shuttle, do the rocket boosters fall away?
(a) 98 seconds.
(b) 173 seconds.
(c) 84 seconds.
(d) 132 seconds.

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

7. How old was Vanessa when her father died?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

8. Who is the only person in Joan's family that she does not draw in a portrait?
(a) Barbara.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Frances.

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

10. When do the ASCANS go to the National Space Technology Labs in Mississippi?
(a) April 1981.
(b) June 1981.
(c) May 1981.
(d) July 1981.

11. When the T-38 assignments come in, who is Joan assigned to fly with?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Marty.
(c) Hank.
(d) Griff.

12. Which space shuttle leaves a few days before New Year's in 1980?
(a) Discovery.
(b) Challenger.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Atlantis.

13. Where did Joan teach at the university level?
(a) University of Colorado Boulder.
(b) Rice University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) University of Pittsburgh.

14. How old is Frances when Joan is accepted to be an astronaut?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of pies are served at the barbecue at Steve and Helene's in August during training?

2. What type of vehicle does Antonio drive?

3. What military academy did Vanessa's father attend?

4. What does Joan's father do for a living?

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

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