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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 long did it take from start to finish for a new airplane to become operational on a flight line?
(a) About 10 years.
(b) As long as 12 years.
(c) 9 years.
(d) 15 years.

2. Where was Lop Nor located?
(a) Near the border with Mongolia.
(b) Near the Pakistan border.
(c) Near the Tibetan border.
(d) Near the Burmese border.

3. What size wooden model was tested of the Hopeless Diamond?
(a) 5 ft.
(b) 10 ft.
(c) 7 ft.
(d) 12 ft.

4. How many years passed before Al Whitley could explain to his wife and kids the meaning of a plaque Rich had given him after he first flew the F-117A?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 9 years.

5. How hot did Johnson believe that a plane would get at Mach 3?
(a) 1,200 degrees.
(b) 500 degrees.
(c) 750 degrees.
(d) 900 degrees.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what temperature did aluminum lose its strength?

2. How much did it cost to build the facility where the U-2 was tested?

3. What was the area called where Rich and Robertson worked with the liquid hydrogen?

4. How much faster was the Blackbird than the Concorde?

5. How tall was the mountain near the test site for the model stealth ship?

(see the answer key)

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