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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 much was Rich earning at Lockheed in 1972?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $60,000.
(c) $75,000.
(d) $45,000.

2. Where was a piece of a drone found years after the project had been canceled?
(a) Siberia.
(b) China.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Iraq.

3. Who did Rich partner with on the stealth bomber?
(a) Rockwell.
(b) Boeing.
(c) Northrop.
(d) General Dynamics.

4. When was the most sensitive project begun that Rich worked on during his years at Skunk Works?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1960.

5. How much faster was the Blackbird than the Concorde?
(a) 20 percent.
(b) 40 percent.
(c) 30 percent.
(d) 10 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How large of a crew was needed to operate the stealth ship?

2. What did Rich say would be the surface heat on the fuselage of a plane that would fly at Mach 12?

3. How many feet per second could the Blackbird fly?

4. How many years did Rich work at Lockheed?

5. When did Johnson die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of a plane did Johnson propose to build after the U-2?

2. How did Rich believe large, expensive airplanes would be built in the future?

3. Why wasn't the Navy interested in the stealth ship?

4. Why did Northrop Aircraft Company offer Rich a job?

5. Why did the U.S. want to gain information about Lop Nor?

6. Why did Rich turn down a project to design a hypersonic airplane?

7. Why was it easier in the past to get a project like the Blackbird project rolling?

8. Where was a model of the stealth ship tested?

9. Why was the Blackbird's safety record so amazing?

10. What was done to prepare the route for the truck that would carry the Blackbird to the test site?

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