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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. What bomber was the United States using to counter the Soviet heavy bombers?
(a) XB-59.
(b) B-47.
(c) YB-60.
(d) B-52.

2. Where was Rich born and raised?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Puerto Rico.
(c) Philippines.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far were test pilots able to fly the U-2 on one tank of gas?

2. What was the target date for the completion of Have Blue?

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

4. How long did it take McDonnell Douglas to build the fighters it began building at the same time Skunk Works was building stealth fighters?

5. Where did Northrop and Skunk Works test their stealth designs?

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