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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, "The Club".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 14, Deke Slayton is promoted within NASA. What is Deke Slayton's new title?
(a) Director of Mission Control.
(b) Assistant Director of Flight Crew Operations.
(c) Deputy Chief Controller.
(d) Communications Controller.

3. What is the most difficult routine in military flying?
(a) Instrument-only flying.
(b) All-weather flying.
(c) Carrier landings.
(d) Formation flying.

4. What is the nightmare that Jane Conrad has repeatedly?
(a) That a test plane will crash into their house.
(b) That a figure is coming up the walk to tell her that her husband had been killed.
(c) That Jane is in the pilot's seat of a doomed plane.
(d) That her husband leaves her.

5. In what year does the story begin?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1960.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many kills does Yeager have by the end of World War II?

2. Why do fighter pilots have an intense dislike for flight surgeons?

3. The launch was originally scheduled for May 2nd, but has to be delayed. What delays the launch?

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

5. What is the concern that controllers have when preparing to bring Glenn back in through the atmosphere?

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