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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, "The Tears".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the astronauts most often hit in the procedures trainer?
(a) The oxygen stir handle.
(b) The communications button.
(c) The abort handle.
(d) The launch button.

2. What recent invention makes Program Mercury possible at all?
(a) The rocket propulsion system.
(b) The high-carbon fuel.
(c) The launch software.
(d) The high-speed, electronic computer.

3. Why does the unmanned flight receive very little public attention?
(a) The public is tired of test flights.
(b) The Beatles are making their first US tour.
(c) The Russians beat the Americans to the punch again.
(d) The public doesn't believe NASA can pull it off.

4. What political event leads to Project Mercury being thought of, for the first time, as potentially expendable?
(a) The public relations nightmare created by the Edwards' pilots.
(b) The establishment of political special interest groups.
(c) The election of John F. Kennedy as the country's new President.
(d) The launch of another Sputnik satellite.

5. From the original volunteers for the program, how many are finally accepted as astronauts?
(a) 7.
(b) 20.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the pilots report to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?

2. What is the concern that controllers have when preparing to bring Glenn back in through the atmosphere?

3. How long is the second Russian cosmonaut in space for?

4. Why do the volunteers report to Lovelace?

5. As a result of his record-setting flight, where does Bob White show up?

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