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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) 8.
(b) 35.
(c) 20.
(d) 12.

2. Who runs the Fly Inn near Muroc Field?
(a) Marcus Graves.
(b) Pancho Barnes.
(c) Amelia Earhart.
(d) John Louis.

3. When a pilot is in the air and looking down at the ground, what does he most often feel?
(a) Like it's time to get back to base.
(b) Airsick.
(c) Superior to the people below.
(d) Grateful he has the opportunity to fly.

4. When the book begins, where is the Naval Air Station that Pete Conrad is stationed at?
(a) Texas.
(b) California.
(c) Florida.
(d) Nevada.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author compare the career path of a fighter pilot to?

2. When Jane Conrad realizes the cavalier manner in which the pilots discuss their killed comrades, what does she liken their discussion to?

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

4. What is the one sound that test pilots' wives are most afraid of?

5. What is the nickname given to Project Mercury by the top pilots at the base?

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