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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. How long is the second Russian cosmonaut in space for?
(a) 4 hours .
(b) 1 day.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 10 hours.

2. When Jane Conrad realizes the cavalier manner in which the pilots discuss their killed comrades, what does she liken their discussion to?
(a) Sports.
(b) Politics.
(c) Debates.
(d) Lectures.

3. What is significant about Cooper's flight?
(a) It will be the first flight of the Apollo program.
(b) It will be the shortest duration flight.
(c) It will orbit the moon.
(d) It is the last scheduled Mercury flight.

4. When the capsule splashes down and Shepard is detaching all of the hoses so that he can leave the capsule, what sound does he hear?
(a) Water seeping into the capsule.
(b) The President's voice.
(c) Electrical circuits popping.
(d) Cheers over his radio.

5. What is President Kennedy obsessed with?
(a) Catching up with the Russians in the space race.
(b) Defeating the Cubans.
(c) Dismantling Project Mercury.
(d) Promoting his space advisor to NASA's head.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does NASA hire to be the astronauts' press representative?

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

3. What are the pilots known by at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?

4. Who is the scheduled backup astronaut for the first manned orbital flight?

5. What is the name of the first Russian cosmonaut?

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