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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. Who conducted tests in 1976 to determine if the claims Rich made about Have Blue were true?
(a) David Wyatt.
(b) Brian Talbertson.
(c) Lindsay Anderson.
(d) Andrew Johnson.

2. Compared to Have Blue, what was the radar signature of other fighters?
(a) A semi-truck.
(b) A Greyhound bus.
(c) A skyscraper.
(d) A shopping mall.

3. What was the temperature at 8 a.m. on an August day in 1979?
(a) 95.
(b) 90s.
(c) 87.
(d) 100s.

4. How long did Johnson work at Lockheed?
(a) 34 years.
(b) 42 years.
(c) 39 years.
(d) 46 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What size wooden model was tested of the Hopeless Diamond?

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

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

5. When did retired Skunk Works' director Kelly Johnson join Lockheed?

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