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

2. Where in Europe were the U-2s to fly from?
(a) Britain.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

3. How old was Rich when he first worked for Johnson?
(a) 27.
(b) 34.
(c) 29.
(d) 31.

4. What was the name of the phony engineering company set up to receive CIA payments?
(a) J&R Engineering.
(b) L&R Engineering.
(c) M&U Engineering.
(d) C&J Engineering.

5. How many knots did pilots try to maintain in the U-2 when they reached their top altitude?
(a) 250 knots.
(b) 300 knots.
(c) 500 knots.
(d) 400.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the area called where Rich and Robertson worked with the liquid hydrogen?

2. How many of the 43 bridges spanning the Tigris-Euphrates River did the F-117A knock out?

3. When was Powers released from the Soviet Union?

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

5. How many years did the U-2 fly over the Soviet Union?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Whose employees were the pilots who flew the U-2 and how were they paid?

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

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

7. How did Rich manage his employees when he took over at the Skunk Works?

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

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

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

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