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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 years was the Blackbird in service before it was retired?
(a) 19.
(b) 27.
(c) 24.
(d) 13.
2. How much weight did paint add to the Blackbird?
(a) 75 pounds.
(b) 150 pounds.
(c) At least 50 pounds.
(d) At least 100 pounds.
3. What was broken when a Blackbird test pilot boomed Johnson's ranch in Santa Barbara?
(a) Windows in a tractor.
(b) Car windows.
(c) Upper story windows.
(d) A picture window.
4. How tall was the mountain near the test site for the model stealth ship?
(a) 11,500 ft.
(b) 7,500 ft.
(c) 12,000 ft.
(d) 8,500 ft.
5. How did Johnson's wife Althea die in 1970?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) An auto accident.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Multiple Sclerosis.
Short Answer Questions
1. How much fuel did the Blackbird carry?
2. Which of Johnson's operational rules at Skunk Works said it was better to starve than to do business with the Navy?
3. What did islanders at Okinawa nickname the Blackbird?
4. How hot did Johnson believe that a plane would get at Mach 3?
5. What price did Skunk Works quote for the B-2?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Johnson believe the drones failed over China?
2. Where was the drone built at Skunk Works?
3. What were the tiny black dots that appeared on Blackbird windshields after a flight?
4. Why did Northrop Aircraft Company offer Rich a job?
5. When the stealth boat was being tested on the ocean, how were curious fishing boats and yachtsmen kept away?
6. How did Rich believe large, expensive airplanes would be built in the future?
7. What was done to prepare the route for the truck that would carry the Blackbird to the test site?
8. Why was the stealth project photographer getting fuzzy pictures of the stealth airplane model?
9. What happened to a Blackbird flight pilot over West Virginia?
10. Where was a model of the stealth ship tested?
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