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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. Why do the volunteers report to Lovelace?
(a) For medical testing.
(b) For flight training.
(c) To observe rocket testing.
(d) For psychological testing.

2. Who is in charge of testing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?
(a) Psychiatrists.
(b) General Schwickenberg.
(c) NASA engineers.
(d) The Secretary of the Navy.

3. How are wives notified if their husband is injured or killed during a test flight?
(a) The Navy sends an official letter to the wife.
(b) There is no official procedure for notifying the family of death.
(c) The Navy sends a man with official or moral authority to the house.
(d) Another one of the wives goes to the house to break the news.

4. What is the nickname given to Pete's flight test class?
(a) Group 20.
(b) The Soaring Eagles.
(c) Class A.
(d) Top Guns.

5. Why do fighter pilots have an intense dislike for flight surgeons?
(a) They don't have good insurance.
(b) They would rather be flying than in a waiting room.
(c) They don't want to be grounded for medical reasons.
(d) They hate needles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is known as the "king of the test fighter pilots"?

2. Why do the pilots report to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?

3. When Jane Conrad realizes the cavalier manner in which the pilots discuss their killed comrades, what does she liken their discussion to?

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

5. What is the subject of the first press conference question?

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