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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. When do the pilots wear their bridge coats?
(a) When it is raining.
(b) When superior officers visit the base.
(c) When they are on patrol.
(d) When they attend another pilot's funeral.

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

3. What state is Chuck Yeager from?
(a) Florida.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Minnesota.

4. What is the name Yeager gives to his plane?
(a) Rocketing Rickshaw.
(b) Glamorous Glynnis.
(c) Guns of Death.
(d) Soaring Eagle.

5. What problem does the Army have with Yeager piloting the X-1?
(a) They can't stop him from drinking.
(b) They can't hold him back.
(c) They can't keep his wife away from the base.
(d) They can't convince him the sound barrier is real.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many fighter jocks volunteer for the top-secret civilian program?

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

3. From the original volunteers for the program, how many are finally accepted as astronauts?

4. What is Jim Lovell's nickname?

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

(see the answer key)

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