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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Pete Conrad transferred to the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland?
(a) Because he has to prepare for combat missions in Korea.
(b) Because he is promoted to Lieutenant.
(c) Because he requested a post involving less danger.
(d) Because he is entering the Navy's test-pilot school.

2. When Jane Conrad realizes the cavalier manner in which the pilots discuss their killed comrades, what does she liken their discussion to?
(a) Debates.
(b) Politics.
(c) Sports.
(d) Lectures.

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

4. 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 want to be grounded for medical reasons.
(d) They don't have good insurance.

5. What is the Navy-calculated probability that a career Navy pilot will die in an aircraft accident?
(a) 7%
(b) 38%
(c) 56%
(d) 23%

Short Answer Questions

1. What does every fighter jock also think of himself as?

2. What state is Chuck Yeager from?

3. What is Chuck Yeager's signature flying move?

4. How many kills does Yeager have by the end of World War II?

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

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