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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 Jim Lovell's nickname?
(a) Shaky.
(b) Ears.
(c) Ace.
(d) Scooby.

2. Why do fighter pilots have an intense dislike for flight surgeons?
(a) They don't want to be grounded for medical reasons.
(b) They don't have good insurance.
(c) They would rather be flying than in a waiting room.
(d) They hate needles.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many test pilots are in the original group in Jacksonville?

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

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

4. Complete this flying theorem: "There are no accidents and no fatal flaws in the machines..."

5. In what year does the story begin?

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