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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many hours could the U-2 fly without refueling?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 7.

3. What type of bombs did the F-117As use in Baghdad?
(a) CBU Mark 20.
(b) GBU-10.
(c) Mark 81.
(d) GBU-27.

4. When was Powers released from the Soviet Union?
(a) March 1963.
(b) February 1962.
(c) July 1964.
(d) September 1965.

5. In what building was Skunk Works housed when Rich first went to work there?
(a) Building 82.
(b) Building 54.
(c) Building 26.
(d) Building 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Johnson hurt in a nearly fatal car wreck in 1955?

2. How much did it cost to build an F-117A?

3. Who was the CIA agent in charge of overseeing the U-2 called at Skunk Works?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the CIA finance the U-2?

2. What caused broken rubber seals inside engine valves and leaking pressure seals, and how did Skunk Works solve the problem?

3. Was Skunk Works able to make money on the F-117 stealth fighter?

4. Why did the U.S. government attempt to use foreign pilots for the U-2 plane?

5. How did Johnson react when he saw a sketch of the Hopeless Diamond?

6. Why one morning when Ken Dyson flew Have Blue, did it appear on radar?

7. Why did Major Al Whitley and his crew chiefs come to Skunk Works in February 1982?

8. What was Rich told by experts in the field of liquid hydrogen?

9. What happened when the Skunk Works test pilot took up Major Whitley's F-117A?

10. What happened during the first taxi test in the U-2?

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