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

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

3. When Pete receives his top-secret orders, what is the project he is being asked to volunteer for?
(a) The X-1 Project.
(b) The Mercury Project.
(c) The Saturn Project.
(d) The Moon Project.

4. What is the biggest challenge of landing on a carrier ship?
(a) Because the plane has to lose altitude so quickly.
(b) Because the ship is pitching and rolling in the sea.
(c) Because the grey of the ship makes it hard to spot in the ocean.
(d) Because carrier ship landings are never discussed before attempting.

5. What is Chuck Yeager's signature flying move?
(a) A slow roll, sixty feet off the deck.
(b) Pulling out of a steep dive just before crashing.
(c) Shooting straight up before leveling off.
(d) He has no signature move.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who originally pilots the X-1 aircraft?

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

3. What does "pushing the outside of the envelope" refer to?

4. What does Gus Grissom find to be the strangest experience for him in the beginning of the press conference?

5. What problem does the Army have with Yeager piloting the X-1?

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