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

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 Chuck Yeager's signature flying move?
(a) A slow roll, sixty feet off the deck.
(b) Pulling out of a steep dive just before crashing.
(c) He has no signature move.
(d) Shooting straight up before leveling off.

4. When a pilot is in the air and looking down at the ground, what does he most often feel?
(a) Airsick.
(b) Grateful he has the opportunity to fly.
(c) Like it's time to get back to base.
(d) Superior to the people below.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the biggest practical joker among the volunteers?

3. What problem does the Army have with Yeager piloting the X-1?

4. What is the Navy-calculated probability that a career Navy pilot will die in an aircraft accident?

5. Why do the volunteers report to Lovelace?

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