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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Silver Bullet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Skunk Works headquarters built?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1948.

2. Who owned the test track where a model of the Hopeless Diamond was tested?
(a) McDonnell Douglas.
(b) Boeing.
(c) Raytheon.
(d) Northrup.

3. How old was Rich when he took charge of the Skunk Works?
(a) 54.
(b) 50.
(c) 45.
(d) 49.

4. When did Johnson start the Skunk Works?
(a) After the Cuban missile crisis.
(b) During the Korean War.
(c) During World War I.
(d) During the Vietnam War.

5. How many different missile systems did the Russian deploy to defend their cities and strategic interests?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long did it take from start to finish for a new airplane to become operational on a flight line?

3. How did Rich's wife Faye die?

4. What did McDonnell Douglas begin building at the same time that Skunk Works was building the stealth fighter?

5. What was the temperature at 8 a.m. on an August day in 1979?

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