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

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?
(a) A small cat.
(b) A golf ball.
(c) A bumblebee.
(d) A volleyball.

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

4. When was the best time for a test pilot to take off?
(a) Just after sunup.
(b) 2 hours after sunup.
(c) 2 hours before sunset.
(d) Just before sunset.

5. How long did it take McDonnell Douglas to build the fighters it began building at the same time Skunk Works was building stealth fighters?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 8 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did it cost to build an F-117A?

2. How many F-117As were hit when they flew over Iraq?

3. How long did it take Skunk Works to build their stealth fighters?

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

5. When was the contract to build the stealth fighters signed?

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