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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Blowing Up Burbank.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Rich when he first worked for Johnson?
(a) 27.
(b) 34.
(c) 29.
(d) 31.

2. How high would the liquid hydrogen-fueled plane fly?
(a) 100,000 feet.
(b) 110,000 feet.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 200,000 feet.

3. How many of the 43 bridges spanning the Tigris-Euphrates River did the F-117A knock out?
(a) 27.
(b) 41.
(c) 39.
(d) 34.

4. Who was a test pilot for the U-2?
(a) Dick Boehme.
(b) Tony LeVier.
(c) Bob Allen.
(d) Roy Anderson.

5. When was the F-117A first used in combat?
(a) Strike against Kaddafi.
(b) Desert Storm.
(c) Vietnam War.
(d) Yom Kippur War.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Johnson start the Skunk Works?

2. Where was Rich born and raised?

3. How many years was Powers sentenced to hard labor by the Soviets?

4. What was the name of the phony engineering company set up to receive CIA payments?

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

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