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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many test pilots are in the original group in Jacksonville?
(a) 35.
(b) 8.
(c) 20.
(d) 12.

2. When do the pilots wear their bridge coats?
(a) When they are on patrol.
(b) When they attend another pilot's funeral.
(c) When superior officers visit the base.
(d) When it is raining.

3. Why are the wives calling each other at the beginning of the story?
(a) They are sharing news of a new baby.
(b) They are trying to figure out who's husband was killed.
(c) They are angry over a new testing policy for the pilots.
(d) They are planning a surprise party for the pilots.

4. What problem does the Army have with Yeager piloting the X-1?
(a) They can't convince him the sound barrier is real.
(b) They can't keep his wife away from the base.
(c) They can't stop him from drinking.
(d) They can't hold him back.

5. Muroc Army Air Base is renamed in 1948. What is its new name?
(a) George Air Force Base.
(b) Cape Canaveral.
(c) Edwards Air Force Base.
(d) Kennedy Army Air Base.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why should Yeager be grounded and not allowed to fly the test flight to break the sound barrier on October 14th?

2. What state is Chuck Yeager from?

3. Why is Pete Conrad transferred to the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland?

4. What is the top speed attained during the October 14th flight?

5. When the book begins, where is the Naval Air Station that Pete Conrad is stationed at?

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