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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, "On the Balcony".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is in charge of testing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?
(a) NASA engineers.
(b) The Secretary of the Navy.
(c) Psychiatrists.
(d) General Schwickenberg.

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

3. When asked by a reporter how many of the astronauts expect to return from space, how many of them raise their hands?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

4. What are the pilots known by at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?
(a) Their given name.
(b) Their call sign.
(c) Their number.
(d) Their nickname.

5. How many fighter jocks volunteer for the top-secret civilian program?
(a) 12.
(b) 37.
(c) 56.
(d) 29.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who originally pilots the X-1 aircraft?

2. How much is NASA's press representative paid per year?

3. What does the author compare the career path of a fighter pilot to?

4. Why do the volunteers report to Lovelace?

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

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