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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 is housed at the Holloman Air Force Base?
(a) The chimpanzee colony.
(b) The rocket launchers.
(c) The psychologists' new testing facility.
(d) The mission control center.

2. Who is Bob White?
(a) The reporter writing the Life stories.
(b) The head of mission control.
(c) The lead engineer on Project Mercury.
(d) The Air Force's prime pilot for the X-15 project at Edwards.

3. What is the concern that controllers have when preparing to bring Glenn back in through the atmosphere?
(a) That the parachute will not deploy.
(b) That the heat shields are loose.
(c) That the blood pressure monitor is malfunctioning.
(d) That the capsule will overshoot the planned splash zone.

4. What do the Project Mercury engineers think will be an easy task?
(a) Recovering the capsule after it splashed down.
(b) Controlling the capsule while in space.
(c) Launching the rockets.
(d) Training the astronauts.

5. During the launch itself, how much fuel is being consumed by the rockets each second?
(a) 56,000 gallons.
(b) 2 1/2 tons.
(c) 1 ton.
(d) 1000 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the astronauts spend so much time in the procedures trainer?

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

3. Who is in charge of testing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?

4. Why does the unmanned flight receive very little public attention?

5. Who does Annie Glenn refuse to let into her house because the press storm around the launch is so excruciating to her?

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