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

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

3. 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.

4. What does the author compare the career path of a fighter pilot to?
(a) A journey.
(b) A sprint.
(c) A pyramid.
(d) A marathon.

5. What is the name of the first Russian cosmonaut?
(a) Sergei Korolyov.
(b) Gherman Titov.
(c) Alexei Leonov.
(d) Yuri Gagarin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the biggest challenge of landing on a carrier ship?

2. From the original volunteers for the program, how many are finally accepted as astronauts?

3. What did the astronauts most often hit in the procedures trainer?

4. What do the engineers see as the most difficult, challenging, and pioneering part of the project?

5. What is housed at the Holloman Air Force Base?

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