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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. Where was test pilot Bill Park cruising in a Blackbird when his plane experienced an unstart?
(a) Japan.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Lebanon.
(d) Arizona.

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

3. In 1961, where did President Kennedy attend his first summit with Khrushchev?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Moscow.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Skunk Works ordered to destroy all of the tooling for the drones?

2. How many engines did the B-70 have?

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

4. What markets did Northrop Aircraft Company wish to pursue in 1972?

5. How did Johnson's wife Althea die in 1970?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why wasn't it possible to cut corners when building the Blackbird?

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

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

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

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

8. Where was the drone built at Skunk Works?

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

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

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