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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. After being grounded, what is Deke Slayton's new role in NASA?
(a) Divison Head - Test Flight.
(b) Communications Coordinator.
(c) Head of Operations.
(d) Coordinator of Astronaut Activities.

2. When accompanying Glenn on his travels, what does Pete Conrad find himself doing?
(a) Helping Glenn prepare for his next flight.
(b) Answering Glenn's fan mail.
(c) Driving Glenn's car.
(d) Carrying Glenn's luggage.

3. In Chapter 14, Deke Slayton is promoted within NASA. What is Deke Slayton's new title?
(a) Communications Controller.
(b) Deputy Chief Controller.
(c) Director of Mission Control.
(d) Assistant Director of Flight Crew Operations.

4. The first test flight using an Atlas rocket is unmanned. Who or what goes up in the second test flight?
(a) Alan Shepard.
(b) John Glenn.
(c) A dog.
(d) A chimpanzee.

5. Why does the Air Force bring Chuck Yeager back to Edwards?
(a) To be the Director of Flight Operations.
(b) To be the Director of Training Operations.
(c) To qualify for the astronaut training program.
(d) To fly the X-32.

Short Answer Questions

1. The next manned space flight occurs in 1965 and the space program continues still today. Yet one thing was lost from the original Mercury program and still remains different today. What it is?

2. Why is Chris Kraft furious with the astronaut?

3. When the capsule splashes down and Shepard is detaching all of the hoses so that he can leave the capsule, what sound does he hear?

4. How long is the second Russian cosmonaut in space for?

5. Which astronaut is scheduled for the next space flight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Betty Grissom so upset at the treatment of Gus after his flight?

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

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

4. Why does the next group of astronauts selected contain fourteen trainees instead of the intended eleven trainees?

5. 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?

6. Why are the American politicians and reporters alarmed by the Russian's flight?

7. What does Shepard see as the main differences between the actual flight and the centrifuge's simulated flights?

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

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

10. The wives had barely started getting settled into their new homes in Houston when something extraordinary starts happening. What is it?

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