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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. When a pilot is in the air and looking down at the ground, what does he most often feel?
(a) Grateful he has the opportunity to fly.
(b) Airsick.
(c) Like it's time to get back to base.
(d) Superior to the people below.

2. What kind of rocket launches the first Mercury capsule?
(a) Redstone rocket.
(b) Atlas rocket.
(c) Canaveral rocket.
(d) X-21 rocket.

3. What does the author liken the deck of a carrier to?
(a) An ice rink.
(b) A skillet.
(c) A highway.
(d) A thimble.

4. Who is the biggest practical joker among the volunteers?
(a) Pete Conrad.
(b) Alan Shepard.
(c) Wally Schirra.
(d) Gus Grissom.

5. Which of the astronauts rises early each morning to do his roadwork where everyone can see him?
(a) John Glenn.
(b) Wally Schirra.
(c) Gus Grissom.
(d) Deke Slayton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Bob Gilruth?

2. What does the author compare the career path of a fighter pilot to?

3. 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?

4. What are the pilots known by at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?

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

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