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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Swatting at Mosquitoes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 9 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 7 years.

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

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

4. What was Al Whitley's rank in the Air Force at the time he was chosen to fly the first F-117A?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Lieutenant colonel.
(c) Major.
(d) Captain.

5. What would be the equivalent radar signature of the Hopeless Diamond?
(a) An eagle's eyeball.
(b) Piper Cub.
(c) T-38 trainer.
(d) D-21 drone.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Rich's wife Faye die?

2. What did the thirty-eight foot model of the Hopeless Diamond compare to in size when it showed up on radar during tests for the Air Force?

3. Who owned the test track where a model of the Hopeless Diamond was tested?

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

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

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