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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. What is the name of the first Russian cosmonaut?
(a) Yuri Gagarin.
(b) Gherman Titov.
(c) Alexei Leonov.
(d) Sergei Korolyov.

2. Which astronaut is scheduled for the next space flight?
(a) Gus Grissom.
(b) John Glenn.
(c) Deke Slayton.
(d) Alan Shepard.

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

4. How does the author both begin and end the Epilogue?
(a) The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away.
(b) To dream at all is to dream big.
(c) To everything there is a season.
(d) Every race has a beginning, a middle, and an end.

5. What is Cape Canaveral's new function?
(a) It is the unmanned space center.
(b) It is the new training facility.
(c) It is the new medical testing center.
(d) It is the launching center.

Short Answer Questions

1. The launch was originally scheduled for May 2nd, but has to be delayed. What delays the launch?

2. Based on the magazine article that is run on Glenn, Grissom, and Shepard, what do these three become known as?

3. Who is James Webb?

4. As part of the Air Force's astronaut training program, what do the astronaut trainees attend in Washington?

5. What is the concern that controllers have when preparing to bring Glenn back in through the atmosphere?

Short Essay Questions

1. What becomes an immutable part of the flight day drill for the astronaut's wife?

2. What reaction does the American public have to the chimpanzee's flight?

3. Why does Grissom's suit not keep him buoyant when he is awaiting rescue in the ocean?

4. The seven original Mercury astronauts receive the Iven C. Kincheloe Award for outstanding professional performance in the conduct of test flight from the Society for Experimental Test Pilots. What does receiving this award mean to the astronauts?

5. Why does NASA select the primary pilot and two backups with a few weeks to go before the launch instead of selecting the primary pilot the day before the launch as is originally planned?

6. What is the general assumption regarding why the capsule's hatch blew before the helicopter hooks on?

7. When urination had been a problem in the procedures trainer, what had some of the astronauts done out of necessity and what are the dangers involved in a real-world situation?

8. What is the effect on Shepard of having so many pre-flight simulations?

9. What worries the astronauts the most about Project Mercury potentially losing funding?

10. Why do neither John Glenn nor his wife, Annie, foresee the excitement that John's flight will cause?

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