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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, "Yeager".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do fighter pilots have an intense dislike for flight surgeons?
(a) They don't have good insurance.
(b) They hate needles.
(c) They would rather be flying than in a waiting room.
(d) They don't want to be grounded for medical reasons.

2. What does the author compare the career path of a fighter pilot to?
(a) A pyramid.
(b) A sprint.
(c) A marathon.
(d) A journey.

3. What is the nickname given to Project Mercury by the top pilots at the base?
(a) Corpses in a Capsule.
(b) Monkeys in Space.
(c) The Flying Chimpanzees.
(d) Spam in a Can.

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

5. Who originally pilots the X-1 aircraft?
(a) Slick Goodlin.
(b) Jim Lovell.
(c) Pete Conrad.
(d) Chuck Yeager.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the story begin?

2. What does every fighter jock also think of himself as?

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

4. When do the pilots wear their bridge coats?

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

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