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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, "In Single Combat".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many fighter jocks volunteer for the top-secret civilian program?
(a) 56.
(b) 29.
(c) 12.
(d) 37.

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

3. Who is known as the "king of the test fighter pilots"?
(a) Chuck Yeager.
(b) Gus Grissom.
(c) Pete Conrad.
(d) Jim Lovell.

4. What is the subject of the first press conference question?
(a) The astronauts' previous flying experience.
(b) Background information on where each of the astronauts grew up.
(c) Their fears of space travel.
(d) The reactions of the astronauts' wives and children.

5. When asked by a reporter how many of the astronauts expect to return from space, how many of them raise their hands?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Chuck Yeager is interviewed by reporters in Phoenix, what do the reporters want to know about?

2. Why are the wives calling each other at the beginning of the story?

3. How much time passes after the press conference before the astronauts are though of as national heroes?

4. Who is the only Marine in the group of seven astronauts?

5. Complete this flying theorem: "There are no accidents and no fatal flaws in the machines..."

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