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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. What is the one sound that test pilots' wives are most afraid of?
(a) The telephone.
(b) The door bell.
(c) The church bells.
(d) The sound of a plane's engine.

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

3. 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) A replacement battery.
(c) A washer.
(d) An oxygen hose.

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

5. 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) Wally Schirra.
(c) Gus Grissom.
(d) John Glenn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two astronauts are selected to be the backup astronauts?

2. Why do the astronauts spend so much time in the procedures trainer?

3. What feature makes Pete Conrad different from a lot of other pilots?

4. After countless delays and several launch attempts, on what day is the manned flight finally launched?

5. As a result of his record-setting flight, where does Bob White show up?

(see the answer key)

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