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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. What foreign object was left inside the fuel tank of an Electra plane that forced the plane to land early?
(a) A vacuum cleaner.
(b) A hard hat.
(c) A wrench.
(d) A tool box.

2. How long was test pilot Bob Riedenauer laid up after the first F-117A was taken up for a test flight, and there were problems with the plane?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 7 months.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 5 months.

3. How old was Francis Powers when he flew the U-2 that crashed in Russia?
(a) 29.
(b) 27.
(c) 36.
(d) 34.

4. How close was the hydrogen complex to the Municipal Airport's in-bound runway?
(a) 2,000 yards.
(b) Less than 1,000 yards.
(c) 1,500 yards.
(d) Less than 500 yards.

5. What was the Taiwanese U-2 squadron nicknamed?
(a) Ninja.
(b) Black Knights.
(c) Black Cats.
(d) Dark Fighters.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Powers released from the Soviet Union?

2. How many years was Powers sentenced to hard labor by the Soviets?

3. How was Johnson injured when he was in a nearly fatal car wreck in 1955?

4. When was the contract to build the stealth fighters signed?

5. At what altitude did Skunk Works hope the U-2 would be able to fly?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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