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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 many new airplanes were introduced in the 1950s?
(a) 38.
(b) 27.
(c) 54.
(d) 49.

2. What was the farthest distance that Johnson would put an engineer from the assembly line?
(a) 100 ft.
(b) 15 ft.
(c) 25 ft.
(d) 50 ft.

3. When did Johnson win a Collier Trophy for the creation of the Blackbird?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1970.

4. What was the cost for a stealth SWATH boat?
(a) $150 million.
(b) $200 million.
(c) $100 million.
(d) $175 million.

5. What was the name of the stealth ship?
(a) Mystic Wind.
(b) Sea Shadow.
(c) Sea Stealth.
(d) Black Night.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1961, where did President Kennedy attend his first summit with Khrushchev?

2. How much fuel did the Blackbird consume in an hour?

3. How tall was the mountain near the test site for the model stealth ship?

4. What price did Skunk Works quote for the B-2?

5. What was the code name of the most sensitive project during Rich's years at Skunk Works?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Skunk Works do to make the Blackbird even more safe?

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

3. Why did President Johnson authorize the Blackbird to overfly North Vietnam in May 1967?

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

5. Why did Rich hesitate to tell Johnson he had been offered a job at Northrop?

6. Why did Rich think aerospace got a bum rap from its critics?

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

8. What happened to a Blackbird flight pilot over West Virginia?

9. Where was the drone built at Skunk Works?

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

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