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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the biggest challenge of landing on a carrier ship?
(a) Because the grey of the ship makes it hard to spot in the ocean.
(b) Because carrier ship landings are never discussed before attempting.
(c) Because the ship is pitching and rolling in the sea.
(d) Because the plane has to lose altitude so quickly.

4. In what year does the story begin?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1948.

5. What is the name Yeager gives to his plane?
(a) Rocketing Rickshaw.
(b) Glamorous Glynnis.
(c) Guns of Death.
(d) Soaring Eagle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many planes does a pilot have to shoot down in combat to be considered an "ace"?

3. Muroc Army Air Base is renamed in 1948. What is its new name?

4. How many test pilots are in the original group in Jacksonville?

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

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