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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 Have Blue overheated near the tail during engine test runs, what was used to build a heat shield?
(a) Shop tool cabinet.
(b) Steel filing cabinet.
(c) Steel office desk.
(d) A steel wall panel.

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

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

4. During his fifteen years of flight testing for Skunk Works, how many times did Bill Park have to bail out?
(a) 2 times.
(b) 4 times.
(c) 5 times.
(d) 3 times.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During what war did the Arabs use Soviet SAM-5s, defensive surface-to-air missiles?

2. How many of the workers who applied for jobs with the Skunk Works flunked the drug testing?

3. What type of a deadline was Skunk Works given to test-fly the first stealth fighter?

4. When was the Skunk Works headquarters built?

5. What foreign object was left inside the fuel tank of an Electra plane that forced the plane to land early?

(see the answer key)

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