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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, "The Cape".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the first press conference question?
(a) The reactions of the astronauts' wives and children.
(b) Background information on where each of the astronauts grew up.
(c) Their fears of space travel.
(d) The astronauts' previous flying experience.

2. Which of the astronauts is actually an atheist (although he told the press that he had previously "attended" a Christian Science church with his wife)?
(a) Gus Grissom.
(b) Scott Carpenter.
(c) Alan Shepard.
(d) John Glenn.

3. By the end of the chapter, which one of the seven is beginning to assume the natural leadership role?
(a) Jim Lovell.
(b) Gordon Cooper.
(c) Alan Shepard.
(d) John Glenn.

4. Why are the wives calling each other at the beginning of the story?
(a) They are trying to figure out who's husband was killed.
(b) They are angry over a new testing policy for the pilots.
(c) They are planning a surprise party for the pilots.
(d) They are sharing news of a new baby.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the pilots report to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?

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

3. What does Gus Grissom find to be the strangest experience for him in the beginning of the press conference?

4. Why does Janet Conrad support her husband's decision to join the astronaut program?

5. What is the one sound that test pilots' wives are most afraid of?

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