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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. Why do the pilots report to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?
(a) For psychological and stress testing.
(b) For launch preparation.
(c) For medical testing.
(d) For flight protocol training.

2. What are Gordon Cooper's and Deke Slayton's roles during the launch?
(a) They are NASA's press representatives.
(b) They are the look-outs for trouble on the launch pad.
(c) They are the capsule communicators.
(d) They are the technical trouble-shooters.

3. When Chuck Yeager is interviewed by reporters in Phoenix, what do the reporters want to know about?
(a) The sound barrier.
(b) How Yeager's family is.
(c) The next plane Yeager will be testing.
(d) The astronauts.

4. What do the Project Mercury engineers think will be an easy task?
(a) Controlling the capsule while in space.
(b) Recovering the capsule after it splashed down.
(c) Launching the rockets.
(d) Training the astronauts.

5. When does the second Mercury flight take place?
(a) June 7.
(b) September 7.
(c) July 21.
(d) August 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the astronauts commands the most star power?

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

3. What do the engineers see as the most difficult, challenging, and pioneering part of the project?

4. What do Cape Canaveral and its surroundings remind the pilots of?

5. When Gus Grissom's wife gives birth to their first child, where is Gus?

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