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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, How We Skunks Got Our Name.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what type of a work week did the senior aerodynamicists, thermodynamicists, propulsion specialists, stress and structures, and weight engineers work to meet a deadline?
(a) 11-hour days, 7 days a week.
(b) 14-hour days, 7 days a week.
(c) 12-hour days, 5 days a week.
(d) 10-hour days, 6 days a week.

2. During what war did the Arabs use Soviet SAM-5s, defensive surface-to-air missiles?
(a) Six Day War.
(b) Yom Kippur War.
(c) Israel-Hamas War.
(d) Intifada I.

3. Where did Rich get his undergraduate degree?
(a) Berkley.
(b) MIT.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

4. What did the thirty-eight foot model of the Hopeless Diamond compare to in size when it showed up on radar during tests for the Air Force?
(a) A bumblebee.
(b) A small cat.
(c) A golf ball.
(d) A volleyball.

5. What would be the equivalent radar signature of the Hopeless Diamond?
(a) Piper Cub.
(b) D-21 drone.
(c) An eagle's eyeball.
(d) T-38 trainer.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom was the test site built where the Have Blue was tested?

2. How much money did Rich earn weekly when he first worked for Johnson?

3. Who was a test pilot for the U-2?

4. What was the F-117A nicknamed?

5. How big was Building 82 where the first of the two Have Blue prototypes were built?

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