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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Muroc Army Air Base is renamed in 1948. What is its new name?
(a) George Air Force Base.
(b) Edwards Air Force Base.
(c) Cape Canaveral.
(d) Kennedy Army Air Base.

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

4. When Pete receives his top-secret orders, what is the project he is being asked to volunteer for?
(a) The Mercury Project.
(b) The Moon Project.
(c) The Saturn Project.
(d) The X-1 Project.

5. Complete this flying theorem: "There are no accidents and no fatal flaws in the machines..."
(a) there are, however, dumb mistakes.
(b) just untimely tragedies.
(c) if you follow the manuals, you will be fine.
(d) there are only pilots with the wrong stuff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which pilot waxes philosophical when asked at the press conference about family and religion (much to the surprise and astonishment of the other pilots)?

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

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)?

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

5. Who is known as the "king of the test fighter pilots"?

Short Essay Questions

1. As the number of killed pilots rises, how does that affect the mood of Pete Conrad?

2. What is the goal of the pilots in Project Mercury, which is the same goal in every new and important flight project?

3. What are John Glenn and Alan Shepard in serious disagreement about?

4. Why does Gus Grissom feel that the reporter's question regarding whether or not the pilots feel they would come back from space is a stupid question?

5. Why don't the wives ever discuss the dangers their husbands face each day?

6. Why does the Army fire Slick Goodlin and give the X-1 piloting assignment to Yeager?

7. Where is Muroc Field and what is is the significance of the project taking place there?

8. What is the procedures trainer?

9. The engineers tend to feel that the glorification of the astronauts has really gotten out of control. Why do they feel that way?

10. Jane Conrad sees a real man going to her front door and realizes it wasn't one of her hallucinations. Who is the man and why is he there?

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