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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 does Janet Conrad support her husband's decision to join the astronaut program?
(a) She thinks it will vault his career to the top.
(b) She wants to move out of the desert.
(c) She wants her husband to be a famous astronaut.
(d) She thinks it will be safer than flying high-performance jet fighters.

2. When the book begins, where is the Naval Air Station that Pete Conrad is stationed at?
(a) Nevada.
(b) Florida.
(c) California.
(d) Texas.

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 absolute silence of the conference room as the pilots walk through the curtain for the first time is the strangest thing.
(c) The flashing light bulbs from all of the cameras causes him to have a seizure.
(d) The photographers are so eager for pictures of the astronauts and they haven't even been introduced yet.

4. Complete this flying theorem: "There are no accidents and no fatal flaws in the machines..."
(a) there are only pilots with the wrong stuff.
(b) just untimely tragedies.
(c) if you follow the manuals, you will be fine.
(d) there are, however, dumb mistakes.

5. When Pete receives his top-secret orders, what is the project he is being asked to volunteer for?
(a) The Mercury Project.
(b) The Saturn Project.
(c) The Moon Project.
(d) The X-1 Project.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of the first press conference question?

2. Which magazine buys the exclusive rights to the astronauts' personal stories for $500,000?

3. Who is John Glenn's greatest ally in the debate over how the astronauts should conduct themselves?

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

5. How does Ted Whelan die?

(see the answer key)

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