2. When Chuck Yeager is interviewed by reporters in Phoenix, what do the reporters want to know about?
(a) The next plane Yeager will be testing.
(b) The sound barrier.
(c) The astronauts.
(d) How Yeager's family is.

3. The pilots hold Konakai seances. What is Konakai?
(a) A hotel near Cape Canaveral.
(b) A Japanese warrior tradition.
(c) The bar the pilots gathered at after work.
(d) The title of one of Glenn's philosophical books.

4. In every flight class, what ratio of new trainees do not earn their wings?
(a) 1 in 3.
(b) 2 in 4.
(c) 7 in 9.
(d) 3 in 5.

5. Why are the wives calling each other at the beginning of the story?
(a) They are sharing news of a new baby.
(b) They are planning a surprise party for the pilots.
(c) They are trying to figure out who's husband was killed.
(d) They are angry over a new testing policy for the pilots.

6. What is the biggest challenge of landing on a carrier ship?
(a) Because the plane has to lose altitude so quickly.
(b) Because carrier ship landings are never discussed before attempting.
(c) Because the grey of the ship makes it hard to spot in the ocean.
(d) Because the ship is pitching and rolling in the sea.

7. As a result of his record-setting flight, where does Bob White show up?
(a) At Langley Air Force Base.
(b) At the celebratory party at Pancho's.
(c) On the cover of Newsweek magazine.
(d) On the cover of Life magazine.

8. Which magazine buys the exclusive rights to the astronauts' personal stories for $500,000?
(a) Aviation Week & Space Technology.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) Time.
(d) Life.

9. How many test pilots are in the original group in Jacksonville?
(a) 35.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 20.

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

11. Who is in charge of testing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?
(a) General Schwickenberg.
(b) NASA engineers.
(c) The Secretary of the Navy.
(d) Psychiatrists.

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

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

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

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