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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Alan Shepard grounded?
(a) He fails a drug test.
(b) He falls short of the required flight qualification hours.
(c) He experiences heart palpitations.
(d) He experiences inner ear problems.

2. From the pilots' point of view, what is the only thing lacking during their astronaut training?
(a) The pioneer spirit.
(b) The intense and constant media scrutiny.
(c) Flying time.
(d) Resources being funneled to the program.

3. Which of the astronauts is actually an atheist (although he told the press that he had previously "attended" a Christian Science church with his wife)?
(a) Gus Grissom.
(b) Alan Shepard.
(c) Scott Carpenter.
(d) John Glenn.

4. Which of the astronauts commands the most star power?
(a) Deke Slayton.
(b) Alan Shepard.
(c) Scott Carpenter.
(d) John Glenn.

5. Scott Carpenter is the only astronaut who has a touch of what in him?
(a) A poet.
(b) An activist.
(c) A ladies' man.
(d) A rebel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is President Kennedy obsessed with?

2. What is the pervading feeling as the launch approaches?

3. What does every fighter jock also think of himself as?

4. Why are the Edward's pilots miffed by NASA's treatment of Grissom after the mistake in the capsule?

5. Why does Janet Conrad support her husband's decision to join the astronaut program?

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