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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. When Have Blue overheated near the tail during engine test runs, what was used to build a heat shield?
(a) Steel office desk.
(b) Shop tool cabinet.
(c) A steel wall panel.
(d) Steel filing cabinet.

2. How big was Building 82 where the first of the two Have Blue prototypes were built?
(a) 15,000 square feet.
(b) 12,000 square feet.
(c) 3 football fields.
(d) 5 football fields.

3. When was the best time for a test pilot to take off?
(a) Just after sunup.
(b) Just before sunset.
(c) 2 hours before sunset.
(d) 2 hours after sunup.

4. How old was Rich when he took charge of the Skunk Works?
(a) 54.
(b) 49.
(c) 50.
(d) 45.

5. When did Johnson want Rich to research liquid hydrogen?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1956.

Short Answer Questions

1. What foreign object was left inside the fuel tank of an Electra plane that forced the plane to land early?

2. When was the Skunk Works headquarters built?

3. What was the code name for the hydrogen fueled plane?

4. What were the Soviet bombers nicknamed that Khrushchev had overfly the May Day parade in 1954?

5. How many different missile systems did the Russian deploy to defend their cities and strategic interests?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the first flight of the U-2 over Russia.

2. Why did Rich go to work for Johnson?

3. Why did the CIA reject the idea of building a hydrogen airplane?

4. How did Johnson split his days at Lockheed when Rich first started at Lockheed?

5. By 1954, for what design had Rich earned a patent?

6. How did Johnson begin his career at Lockheed?

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

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

9. What did the Skunk Works produce?

10. Why did General Jones want the U-2 designation changed?

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