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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. Who was the U-2 built for?
(a) Marines.
(b) Air Force.
(c) Army.
(d) CIA.
2. Which branch of the armed forces did Rich's patent benefit?
(a) Navy.
(b) Army.
(c) Air Force.
(d) Marines.
3. In what building was Skunk Works housed when Rich first went to work there?
(a) Building 26.
(b) Building 17.
(c) Building 54.
(d) Building 82.
4. How high would the liquid hydrogen-fueled plane fly?
(a) 100,000 feet.
(b) 75,000.
(c) 200,000 feet.
(d) 110,000 feet.
5. When was Skunk Works created?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1941.
Short Answer Questions
1. During what war did the P-80 win its first all-jet dogfight?
2. Who ordered production of the hydrogen fueled plane?
3. How much did Johnson have to borrow to cover U-2 production costs when the government was late making payments?
4. Where did Powers' fateful flight originate?
5. When was Powers released from the Soviet Union?
Short Essay Questions
1. Whose employees were the pilots who flew the U-2 and how were they paid?
2. Why did Johnson tell Rich to have the government reclassify the security for Have Blue?
3. How did Skunk Works solve part of the problem where workers would leave pens, bolts, screws, or other objects inside an engine?
4. How did bats provide the first visual proof the stealth really worked?
5. Why did the CIA reject the idea of building a hydrogen airplane?
6. Why in Chapter 8 was Rich traveling around the country feeling like he was a secret agent?
7. Until Overholser discovered the Ufimtsev theory, what possibilities had been know to reduce an airplane's radar detection?
8. How did Johnson begin his career at Lockheed?
9. How did Rich manage his employees when he took over at the Skunk Works?
10. What caused broken rubber seals inside engine valves and leaking pressure seals, and how did Skunk Works solve the problem?
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