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

2. How long did Johnson work at Lockheed?
(a) 46 years.
(b) 39 years.
(c) 42 years.
(d) 34 years.

3. When was the F-117A first used in combat?
(a) Strike against Kaddafi.
(b) Desert Storm.
(c) Vietnam War.
(d) Yom Kippur War.

4. Who conducted tests in 1976 to determine if the claims Rich made about Have Blue were true?
(a) Lindsay Anderson.
(b) Brian Talbertson.
(c) Andrew Johnson.
(d) David Wyatt.

5. What type of missiles did the Marines have in August 1979?
(a) Patriot.
(b) Stinger.
(c) Chaparral.
(d) Hawk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Taiwanese U-2 squadron nicknamed?

2. During what war did the P-80 win its first all-jet dogfight?

3. How much did the glider decoys that were launched from the U-2s cost?

4. How high would the liquid hydrogen-fueled plane fly?

5. What type of a deadline was Skunk Works given to test-fly the first stealth fighter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Rich go to work for Johnson?

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

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

4. How did bats provide the first visual proof the stealth really worked?

5. What was so unusual about the contract the Air Force signed to purchase a stealth fighter?

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

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

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

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

10. Was Skunk Works able to make money on the F-117 stealth fighter?

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