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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political event leads to Project Mercury being thought of, for the first time, as potentially expendable?
(a) The election of John F. Kennedy as the country's new President.
(b) The public relations nightmare created by the Edwards' pilots.
(c) The establishment of political special interest groups.
(d) The launch of another Sputnik satellite.

2. Which chimpanzee is chosen to go into space?
(a) Number 1.
(b) Number 7.
(c) Number 42.
(d) Number 61.

3. Who is known as the "king of the test fighter pilots"?
(a) Chuck Yeager.
(b) Jim Lovell.
(c) Gus Grissom.
(d) Pete Conrad.

4. In what year does the story begin?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1955.

5. What is the new moon program called?
(a) Mercury 2.
(b) Project B.
(c) Luna.
(d) Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author compare the career path of a fighter pilot to?

2. In Chapter 14, Deke Slayton is promoted within NASA. What is Deke Slayton's new title?

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

4. What do the pilots at Edwards finally expect the public to realize based on the chimpanzee's successful flight?

5. Why does Deke Slayton officially retire from the Air Force one year short of being eligible for his 20-year pension

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