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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many operational sorties did the Blackbird fly over Vietnam and other hostile countries?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 4,500.
(d) 3,500.

2. How many new airplanes were introduced in the 1980s?
(a) 7.
(b) 24.
(c) 17.
(d) 5.

3. How much fuel did the Blackbird consume in an hour?
(a) 7,500 gallons.
(b) About 8,000 gallons.
(c) About 5,000 gallons.
(d) 3,000 gallons.

4. What price did Skunk Works quote for the B-2?
(a) $200 million.
(b) $150 million.
(c) $100 million.
(d) $300 million.

5. From what base did Blackbirds fly to photograph North Vietnam?
(a) Australia.
(b) Korea.
(c) Okinawa.
(d) Taiwan.

6. During a typical three-to-five hour training exercise, how many sunrises might a Blackbird pilot witness?
(a) 2 to 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 3 to 4.
(d) 3.

7. When was Johnson's birthday?
(a) February 27.
(b) April17.
(c) June 4.
(d) March 16.

8. How many planes did Rich work on during his employment at Lockheed?
(a) 15.
(b) 27.
(c) 31.
(d) 24.

9. When did Johnson win a Collier Trophy for the creation of the Blackbird?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1964.

10. Who was Britain engaged in hostilities against in 1982?
(a) India.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) Chile.

11. How much fuel did the Blackbird carry?
(a) About 5,000 gallons.
(b) More than 13,000 gallons.
(c) About 10,000 gallons.
(d) More than 20,000 gallons.

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

13. What new speed record did the Blackbird establish in 1965?
(a) 1,810 mph.
(b) 1,972 mph.
(c) 2,312 mph.
(d) 2,070 mph.

14. When did a piece of one of the drones resurface?
(a) 15 years later.
(b) 17 years later.
(c) 8 years later.
(d) 9 years later.

15. Who did Rich partner with on the stealth bomber?
(a) Rockwell.
(b) Boeing.
(c) General Dynamics.
(d) Northrop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the cost for a stealth SWATH boat?

2. When was the first mission to send drones over Lop Nor?

3. What was the farthest distance that Johnson would put an engineer from the assembly line?

4. How old were the planes that flew in Operation Desert Storm?

5. How much would Northrop Aircraft Company have increased Rich's salary if he went to work for them?

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