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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, "The Unscrewable Pooch".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days before the planned Mercury launch do the Russians put a man into space?
(a) 20.
(b) 2.
(c) 15.
(d) 7.

2. When Gus Grissom's wife gives birth to their first child, where is Gus?
(a) In the delivery room.
(b) Fighting overseas in Korea.
(c) On base, completing his flight training.
(d) On a top-secret mission.

3. Why does Shepard see the Earth through the periscope in black and white?
(a) The window had a built-in screen.
(b) He forgets to remove the gray filter before the launch.
(c) There is no color in space.
(d) It's hard to detect color over vast distances.

4. How many test pilots are in the original group in Jacksonville?
(a) 8.
(b) 35.
(c) 12.
(d) 20.

5. Shepard is strapped so tightly into the capsule that he can't feel the weightlessness he knows he is experiencing. What item floats in front of him in the capsule?
(a) A rivet.
(b) An oxygen hose.
(c) A washer.
(d) A replacement battery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As soon as Shepard is debriefed, where is he flown to?

3. Why do the volunteers report to Lovelace?

4. While most fighter pilots revel in driving fast sports cars, John Glenn does not. What car does he drive?

5. Scott Carpenter is the only astronaut who has a touch of what in him?

(see the answer key)

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