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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, The Two-Billion-Dollar Bomber.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money did the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency give Skunk Works to develop a stealth boat?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $175,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $150,000.

2. How much would Northrop Aircraft Company have increased Rich's salary if he went to work for them?
(a) $15,000 a year.
(b) $10,000 a year.
(c) $5,000 a year.
(d) $12,000 a year.

3. How long did it take Skunk Works to build their stealth fighters?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 9 years.

4. During a night flight out of Turkey, how many fighters did the Soviets scramble against a U-2?
(a) 43.
(b) 28.
(c) 57.
(d) 36.

5. What were the Soviet bombers nicknamed that Khrushchev had overfly the May Day parade in 1954?
(a) Bison.
(b) Pegasus.
(c) Trojan.
(d) Workhorse.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what distance could the U.S. early-warning radar net track a baseball-size object?

2. How many of the 43 bridges spanning the Tigris-Euphrates River did the F-117A knock out?

3. When was Johnson's birthday?

4. How large of a crew was needed to operate the stealth ship?

5. What would be the equivalent radar signature of the Hopeless Diamond?

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