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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, "The Lab Rat".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one sound that test pilots' wives are most afraid of?
(a) The telephone.
(b) The sound of a plane's engine.
(c) The door bell.
(d) The church bells.

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

3. What feature makes Pete Conrad different from a lot of other pilots?
(a) He can't stand being trifled with.
(b) He is taller than average.
(c) He is older than average.
(d) He speaks both English and Spanish.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When a pilot is in the air and looking down at the ground, what does he most often feel?

2. In every flight class, what ratio of new trainees do not earn their wings?

3. Who originally pilots the X-1 aircraft?

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

5. What is the nightmare that Jane Conrad has repeatedly?

(see the answer key)

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