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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. When Have Blue overheated near the tail during engine test runs, what was used to build a heat shield?

2. What type of missiles did the Marines have in August 1979?

3. How many years passed before Al Whitley could explain to his wife and kids the meaning of a plaque Rich had given him after he first flew the F-117A?

4. How many knots did pilots try to maintain in the U-2 when they reached their top altitude?

5. What did McDonnell Douglas begin building at the same time that Skunk Works was building the stealth fighter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Rich put an end to the accusations he was using phony data for the stealth project?

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

3. What did the Skunk Works produce?

4. Describe the first flight of the U-2 over Russia.

5. Whose employees were the pilots who flew the U-2 and how were they paid?

6. Was Skunk Works able to make money on the F-117 stealth fighter?

7. Why did Rich go to work for Johnson?

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

9. Why did General Jones want the U-2 designation changed?

10. What was so unusual about the contract the Air Force signed to purchase a stealth fighter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Argue whether the U-2 was still able to be used after the Powers tragedy. Use examples from the book to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the technical and logistical problems involved in building the stealth fighter and how these problems were solved.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the initial reactions to the Hopeless Diamond at Skunk Works.

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