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

2. What problem does the Army have with Yeager piloting the X-1?
(a) They can't stop him from drinking.
(b) They can't hold him back.
(c) They can't convince him the sound barrier is real.
(d) They can't keep his wife away from the base.

3. When Gus Grissom's wife gives birth to their first child, where is Gus?
(a) On base, completing his flight training.
(b) On a top-secret mission.
(c) Fighting overseas in Korea.
(d) In the delivery room.

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

5. What are the pilots known by at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?
(a) Their call sign.
(b) Their nickname.
(c) Their given name.
(d) Their number.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most difficult routine in military flying?

2. What feature makes Pete Conrad different from a lot of other pilots?

3. What state is Chuck Yeager from?

4. When asked by a reporter how many of the astronauts expect to return from space, how many of them raise their hands?

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

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