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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Picture Postcards for Ike.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1950s, how frequently was Lockheed producing a new airplane?
(a) About every three years.
(b) About every six years.
(c) Every two years.
(d) Every five years.

2. Where did Rich get his undergraduate degree?
(a) MIT.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Berkley.
(d) Yale.

3. What did McDonnell Douglas begin building at the same time that Skunk Works was building the stealth fighter?
(a) F-15s.
(b) F-14s.
(c) F-18s.
(d) F-16s.

4. How long was test pilot Bob Riedenauer laid up after the first F-117A was taken up for a test flight, and there were problems with the plane?
(a) 7 months.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 5 months.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Johnson hurt in a nearly fatal car wreck in 1955?

2. What type of missiles did the Marines have in August 1979?

3. When did Johnson start the Skunk Works?

4. What bomber was the United States using to counter the Soviet heavy bombers?

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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