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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would be the equivalent radar signature of the Hopeless Diamond?

2. How long was test pilot Bob Riedenauer laid up after the first F-117A was taken up for a test flight, and there were problems with the plane?

3. How old was Francis Powers when he flew the U-2 that crashed in Russia?

4. When did Rich first work for Johnson?

5. When did the CIA turn over its remaining U2 aircraft to the Air Force?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Khrushchev demonstrate at the 1954 May Day parade that worried the United States about military defense?

2. How did Johnson begin his career at Lockheed?

3. Why in Chapter 8 was Rich traveling around the country feeling like he was a secret agent?

4. What happened when Francis Powers flew a U-2 mission on May 1, 1960?

5. Why one morning when Ken Dyson flew Have Blue, did it appear on radar?

6. Why did the CIA reject the idea of building a hydrogen airplane?

7. How did Skunk Works solve part of the problem where workers would leave pens, bolts, screws, or other objects inside an engine?

8. Why did Johnson tell Rich to have the government reclassify the security for Have Blue?

9. How did Johnson react when he saw a sketch of the Hopeless Diamond?

10. Why did Rich go to work for Johnson?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss reasons why drones were favored for gathering sensitive information over manned spy planes.

Essay Topic 2

Johnson had an unwritten rule to never do business with the Navy. Discuss why Johnson and Rich felt it was better to starve than do business with the Navy.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why the Blackbird was a difficult plane to build, fly, and sell.

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