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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why should Yeager be grounded and not allowed to fly the test flight to break the sound barrier on October 14th?
(a) He has two broken ribs.
(b) His wife is having a baby.
(c) He has been out drinking the night before.
(d) He has the flu.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the most difficult routine in military flying?

3. Who runs the Fly Inn near Muroc Field?

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

5. What does the author liken the deck of a carrier to?

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