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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. When was the contract to build the stealth fighters signed?
(a) January 15, 1978.
(b) November 1, 1978.
(c) July 13, 1978.
(d) March 10, 1978.

2. 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) Major.
(c) Lieutenant colonel.
(d) Captain.

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

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

5. How far could the F-117 stealth fighter fly without refueling?
(a) 1500 miles.
(b) 750 miles.
(c) 1200 miles.
(d) 900 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Rich born and raised?

2. Who ordered production of the hydrogen fueled plane?

3. What was the Taiwanese U-2 squadron nicknamed?

4. 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?

5. How was Johnson injured when he was in a nearly fatal car wreck in 1955?

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