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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, "The Vote".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Based on the magazine article that is run on Glenn, Grissom, and Shepard, what do these three become known as?
(a) The Lucky Ones.
(b) The Chosen.
(c) The First Three.
(d) The Golden Boys.

2. Why does Janet Conrad support her husband's decision to join the astronaut program?
(a) She wants her husband to be a famous astronaut.
(b) She wants to move out of the desert.
(c) She thinks it will vault his career to the top.
(d) She thinks it will be safer than flying high-performance jet fighters.

3. Which magazine buys the exclusive rights to the astronauts' personal stories for $500,000?
(a) Life.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) Aviation Week & Space Technology.
(d) Time.

4. While not logging any flying time comes to bother all seven of the astronauts, which is the astronaut who finally voices their complaint?
(a) Gus Grissom.
(b) John Glenn.
(c) Gordon Cooper.
(d) Wally Schirra.

5. Which of the astronauts does not live with his family on or near the base, but houses his family 120 miles away from the base and lives in the base's Bachelor Quarters?
(a) Deke Slayton.
(b) Gus Grissom.
(c) Scott Carpenter.
(d) John Glenn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Navy-calculated probability that a career Navy pilot will die in an aircraft accident?

2. Why do the volunteers report to Lovelace?

3. What does every fighter jock also think of himself as?

4. In every flight class, what ratio of new trainees do not earn their wings?

5. How many planes does a pilot have to shoot down in combat to be considered an "ace"?

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