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

2. Where was Johnson hurt in a nearly fatal car wreck in 1955?
(a) Burbank.
(b) Van Nuys.
(c) Glendale.
(d) Encino.

3. How much did the glider decoys that were launched from the U-2s cost?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $200.
(c) $500.
(d) $75.

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

5. How many years was Powers sentenced to hard labor by the Soviets?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 7 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what building was Skunk Works housed when Rich first went to work there?

2. Where did Powers' fateful flight originate?

3. How much money did Rich earn weekly when he first worked for Johnson?

4. What did McDonnell Douglas begin building at the same time that Skunk Works was building the stealth fighter?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Rich put an end to the accusations he was using phony data for the stealth project?

2. What was the U-2 used for after the Powers tragedy?

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

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

5. What did Khrushchev demonstrate at the 1954 May Day parade that worried the United States about military defense?

6. What was so revolutionary about the plane Have Blue?

7. Until Overholser discovered the Ufimtsev theory, what possibilities had been know to reduce an airplane's radar detection?

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

9. Why did Johnson tell Rich to have the government reclassify the security for Have Blue?

10. How did Skunk Works solve part of the problem where workers would leave pens, bolts, screws, or other objects inside an engine?

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