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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Complete this flying theorem: "There are no accidents and no fatal flaws in the machines..."
(a) there are, however, dumb mistakes.
(b) just untimely tragedies.
(c) if you follow the manuals, you will be fine.
(d) there are only pilots with the wrong stuff.

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

3. How are wives notified if their husband is injured or killed during a test flight?
(a) There is no official procedure for notifying the family of death.
(b) The Navy sends a man with official or moral authority to the house.
(c) The Navy sends an official letter to the wife.
(d) Another one of the wives goes to the house to break the news.

4. What does every fighter jock also think of himself as?
(a) An indestructible force.
(b) A ladies' man.
(c) A being just beneath God.
(d) An ace driver.

5. What is the nickname given to Pete's flight test class?
(a) Class A.
(b) Group 20.
(c) Top Guns.
(d) The Soaring Eagles.

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

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

4. In what year does the story begin?

5. What state is Chuck Yeager from?

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