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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, "The Operational Stuff".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do the pilots wear their bridge coats?
(a) When they attend another pilot's funeral.
(b) When superior officers visit the base.
(c) When it is raining.
(d) When they are on patrol.

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

3. Which of the astronauts had separated from his wife, but reconciles with her after the psychological interviews at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base because he thinks it will improve his chances for astronaut selection?
(a) Gordon Cooper.
(b) John Glenn.
(c) Deke Slayton.
(d) Scott Carpenter.

4. What is Gus afraid of as he tries to swim to the helicopter's horse collar?
(a) The helicopter crashing.
(b) Blacking out.
(c) Sharks.
(d) Drowning.

5. After the Russian flight, NASA scrubbed the remainder of the planned Mercury flights using Redstone rockets. What is the next flight to attempt?
(a) A rocket launch with a plane landing.
(b) Orbital flight.
(c) Dropping bombs from space.
(d) A moon landing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Deke Slayton grounded?

2. What do the Project Mercury engineers think will be an easy task?

3. What is the nightmare that Jane Conrad has repeatedly?

4. When Pete receives his top-secret orders, what is the project he is being asked to volunteer for?

5. Why do the volunteers report to Lovelace?

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