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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. Who was the largest builder of planes in the aerospace industry in the 1980s?
(a) General Dynamics.
(b) Lockheed.
(c) McDonnell Douglas.
(d) Northrop.

2. How much would Northrop Aircraft Company have increased Rich's salary if he went to work for them?
(a) $12,000 a year.
(b) $5,000 a year.
(c) $10,000 a year.
(d) $15,000 a year.

3. How many years did Rich work at Lockheed?
(a) 45 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 35 years.

4. What did Rich say would be the surface heat on the fuselage of a plane that would fly at Mach 12?
(a) 3,000 degrees.
(b) 1,500 degrees.`
(c) 2,500 degrees.
(d) 3,500 degrees.

5. How much fuel did the Blackbird carry?
(a) About 5,000 gallons.
(b) About 10,000 gallons.
(c) More than 20,000 gallons.
(d) More than 13,000 gallons.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Blackbird retired?

2. What did it cost Northrop to build the B-2?

3. How much faster was the Blackbird than the Concorde?

4. When was the CIA ordered out of the spy plane business?

5. What metal was used to build the drone?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was the stealth project photographer getting fuzzy pictures of the stealth airplane model?

3. Where was the drone built at Skunk Works?

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

5. When the stealth boat was being tested on the ocean, how were curious fishing boats and yachtsmen kept away?

6. What was the most sensitive project Rich worked on at Skunk Works? The most sensitive project Rich ever worked on began in 1962 and had the code name Tagboard. The operation was to design spy drones to fly over Communist China's most remote and secret nuclear test facilities.

7. What type of problems might be encountered if the A-12 was made from titanium?

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

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

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

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