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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 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.

2. How far away from the intended splash zone does the capsule land?
(a) 40 miles.
(b) 100 miles.
(c) 250 miles.
(d) 7 miles.

3. As soon as Shepard is debriefed, where is he flown to?
(a) Edwards Air Force Base.
(b) Washington, DC.
(c) Cape Canaveral.
(d) Boston.

4. Which two astronauts are selected to be the backup astronauts?
(a) Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom.
(b) Alan Shepard and John Glenn.
(c) Wally Schirra and John Glenn.
(d) John Glenn and Gus Grissom.

5. What is the concern that controllers have when preparing to bring Glenn back in through the atmosphere?
(a) That the heat shields are loose.
(b) That the capsule will overshoot the planned splash zone.
(c) That the parachute will not deploy.
(d) That the blood pressure monitor is malfunctioning.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Cooper's flight?

2. What do the pilots at Edwards finally expect the public to realize based on the chimpanzee's successful flight?

3. How many orbits does Cooper complete?

4. Why does Shepard see the Earth through the periscope in black and white?

5. How long is the launch delayed?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. During the delay before the launch, Shepard found his biggest issue to be his need to use the restroom. However, no device for urination was designed into the capsule. Why not?

3. Why does Walter Cronkite tell the American people that he is afraid that we may have lost an astronaut?

4. When Bob Gilruth calls the astronauts together for an emergency meeting just before Christmas, what is the purpose of the meeting?

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

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

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

8. The Air Force has grand plans of their own for a space program. What do their plans include?

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

10. What irks the Original Seven wives about the Next Nine wives?

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