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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. Muroc Army Air Base is renamed in 1948. What is its new name?
(a) Edwards Air Force Base.
(b) George Air Force Base.
(c) Kennedy Army Air Base.
(d) Cape Canaveral.
2. While NASA is introducing and promoting Project Mercury, what is the Air Force trying to promote?
(a) The superior hand-to-hand fighting skills of the pilots.
(b) The high number of kills in the Korean conflict.
(c) Chuck Yeager's breaking of the sound barrier.
(d) Their new recruiting practices.
3. What does Gus Grissom find to be the strangest experience for him in the beginning of the press conference?
(a) As soon as they appear, reporters start firing questions at them.
(b) The photographers are so eager for pictures of the astronauts and they haven't even been introduced yet.
(c) The flashing light bulbs from all of the cameras causes him to have a seizure.
(d) The absolute silence of the conference room as the pilots walk through the curtain for the first time is the strangest thing.
4. What is the most difficult routine in military flying?
(a) Carrier landings.
(b) All-weather flying.
(c) Instrument-only flying.
(d) Formation flying.
5. When do the pilots wear their bridge coats?
(a) When they are on patrol.
(b) When it is raining.
(c) When superior officers visit the base.
(d) When they attend another pilot's funeral.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Gus Grissom awarded for his actions during combat in Korea?
2. What is the nickname given to Project Mercury by the top pilots at the base?
3. When a pilot is in the air and looking down at the ground, what does he most often feel?
4. What is the biggest challenge of landing on a carrier ship?
5. What is the nightmare that Jane Conrad has repeatedly?
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