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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. How big was Building 82 where the first of the two Have Blue prototypes were built?
(a) 15,000 square feet.
(b) 3 football fields.
(c) 5 football fields.
(d) 12,000 square feet.

2. How much did it cost to build the facility where the U-2 was tested?
(a) $550,000.
(b) $675,000.
(c) $800,000.
(d) $1,000,000.

3. How much did it cost to build each U-2?
(a) $9 million.
(b) $7 million.
(c) $1 million.
(d) $5 million.

4. How many of the workers who applied for jobs with the Skunk Works flunked the drug testing?
(a) 58 percent.
(b) 12 percent.
(c) 44 percent.
(d) 23 percent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a test pilot for the U-2?

2. During his fifteen years of flight testing for Skunk Works, how many times did Bill Park have to bail out?

3. How many different missile systems did the Russian deploy to defend their cities and strategic interests?

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

5. When did Rich take charge of the Skunk Works?

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