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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. Who is known as the "king of the test fighter pilots"?
(a) Pete Conrad.
(b) Gus Grissom.
(c) Chuck Yeager.
(d) Jim Lovell.

2. While not logging any flying time comes to bother all seven of the astronauts, which is the astronaut who finally voices their complaint?
(a) Gordon Cooper.
(b) Gus Grissom.
(c) John Glenn.
(d) Wally Schirra.

3. Scott Carpenter is the only astronaut who has a touch of what in him?
(a) A rebel.
(b) A ladies' man.
(c) An activist.
(d) A poet.

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

5. Which magazine buys the exclusive rights to the astronauts' personal stories for $500,000?
(a) Time.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) Life.
(d) Aviation Week & Space Technology.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jane Conrad realizes the cavalier manner in which the pilots discuss their killed comrades, what does she liken their discussion to?

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

3. Where is Cape Canaveral located?

4. Muroc Army Air Base is renamed in 1948. What is its new name?

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

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