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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Navy-calculated probability that a career Navy pilot will die in an aircraft accident?
(a) 56%
(b) 23%
(c) 38%
(d) 7%

2. What is Jim Lovell's nickname?
(a) Scooby.
(b) Shaky.
(c) Ears.
(d) Ace.

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

4. Which astronaut is known as the Icy Commander?
(a) Pete Conrad.
(b) Alan Shepard.
(c) John Glenn.
(d) Deke Slayton.

5. From the original volunteers for the program, how many are finally accepted as astronauts?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 20.
(d) 7.

6. While NASA is introducing and promoting Project Mercury, what is the Air Force trying to promote?
(a) Their new recruiting practices.
(b) Chuck Yeager's breaking of the sound barrier.
(c) The high number of kills in the Korean conflict.
(d) The superior hand-to-hand fighting skills of the pilots.

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

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

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

10. What is the nightmare that Jane Conrad has repeatedly?
(a) That a figure is coming up the walk to tell her that her husband had been killed.
(b) That Jane is in the pilot's seat of a doomed plane.
(c) That a test plane will crash into their house.
(d) That her husband leaves her.

11. When asked by a reporter how many of the astronauts expect to return from space, how many of them raise their hands?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 12.

12. How many planes does a pilot have to shoot down in combat to be considered an "ace"?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

13. Which of the astronauts' wives has been previously divorced--a matter of public record that is not reported in the Life article?
(a) Gordon Cooper.
(b) Gus Grissom.
(c) Wally Schirra.
(d) Deke Slayton.

14. What is the most difficult routine in military flying?
(a) Formation flying.
(b) All-weather flying.
(c) Carrier landings.
(d) Instrument-only flying.

15. Why do the pilots report to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?
(a) For launch preparation.
(b) For psychological and stress testing.
(c) For medical testing.
(d) For flight protocol training.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the eyes of the engineers, what are the astronauts?

2. Which of the astronauts rises early each morning to do his roadwork where everyone can see him?

3. How does Ted Whelan die?

4. The first flight into space will turn one of the seven astronauts into what?

5. Why are the wives calling each other at the beginning of the story?

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