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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. As a result of his record-setting flight, where does Bob White show up?
(a) At the celebratory party at Pancho's.
(b) On the cover of Life magazine.
(c) On the cover of Newsweek magazine.
(d) At Langley Air Force Base.

2. What do Cape Canaveral and its surroundings remind the pilots of?
(a) Langley Air Force Base.
(b) Patrick Air Force Base.
(c) Muroc Army Air Base.
(d) Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

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

4. Who is the only Marine in the group of seven astronauts?
(a) Gus Grissom.
(b) Pete Conrad.
(c) Alan Shepard.
(d) John Glenn.

5. Who is Bob Gilruth?
(a) The veterinarian brought in to dismantle the chimpanzee colony.
(b) The X-15 pilot who joined the astronauts for training.
(c) The man in charge of Project Mercury.
(d) The head engineer of Project Mercury.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the new astronauts stationed?

2. Which of the astronauts' wives has been previously divorced--a matter of public record that is not reported in the Life article?

3. How much is NASA's press representative paid per year?

4. The first flight into space will turn one of the seven astronauts into what?

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

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