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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, The China Syndrome.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what type of a work week did the senior aerodynamicists, thermodynamicists, propulsion specialists, stress and structures, and weight engineers work to meet a deadline?
(a) 11-hour days, 7 days a week.
(b) 10-hour days, 6 days a week.
(c) 12-hour days, 5 days a week.
(d) 14-hour days, 7 days a week.

2. How much weight did paint add to the Blackbird?
(a) 150 pounds.
(b) At least 100 pounds.
(c) 75 pounds.
(d) At least 50 pounds.

3. When did the Concord first fly?
(a) 5 years after the Blackbird.
(b) 4 years after the Blackbird.
(c) 7 years after the Blackbird.
(d) 9 years after the Blackbird.

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

5. About how many hours of flying did Al Whitley have logged in when he flew the F-117A?
(a) About 1,000.
(b) About 750.
(c) About 900.
(d) About 1,200.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the temperature at 8 a.m. on an August day in 1979?

3. When did the CIA turn over its remaining U2 aircraft to the Air Force?

4. How old was Rich when he first worked for Johnson?

5. How many missiles did Hussein have in and around Baghdad?

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