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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. What was the area called where Rich and Robertson worked with the liquid hydrogen?
(a) Fort Robertson.
(b) Fort Skunk.
(c) Fort Johnson.
(d) Fort Rich.

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

3. What vehicle passed too closely to a truck carrying the Blackbird?
(a) Semi-truck.
(b) Recreational vehicle.
(c) School bus.
(d) Greyhound bus.

4. Which of Johnson's operational rules at Skunk Works said it was better to starve than to do business with the Navy?
(a) Number 15.
(b) Number 9.
(c) Number 6.
(d) Number 7.

5. 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) 14-hour days, 7 days a week.
(b) 11-hour days, 7 days a week.
(c) 10-hour days, 6 days a week.
(d) 12-hour days, 5 days a week.

Short Answer Questions

1. How high would the liquid hydrogen-fueled plane fly?

2. What did the Soviets build that was hydrogen fueled?

3. 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?

4. How much did the glider decoys that were launched from the U-2s cost?

5. Where was a piece of a drone found years after the project had been canceled?

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