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

2. How many kills does Yeager have by the end of World War II?
(a) 21.
(b) 5 1/2.
(c) 13 1/2.
(d) 10.

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

4. Who is known as the "king of the test fighter pilots"?
(a) Chuck Yeager.
(b) Jim Lovell.
(c) Gus Grissom.
(d) Pete Conrad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the wives calling each other at the beginning of the story?

2. How are wives notified if their husband is injured or killed during a test flight?

3. What is the nickname given to Pete's flight test class?

4. Why do fighter pilots have an intense dislike for flight surgeons?

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

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