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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 was the Skunk Works headquarters built?

2. How many missiles did Hussein have in and around Baghdad?

3. What did the thirty-eight foot model of the Hopeless Diamond compare to in size when it showed up on radar during tests for the Air Force?

4. How many years did Marty Knutson fly the U-2?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Until Overholser discovered the Ufimtsev theory, what possibilities had been know to reduce an airplane's radar detection?

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

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

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

8. What happened during the first taxi test in the U-2?

9. Why did Major Al Whitley and his crew chiefs come to Skunk Works in February 1982?

10. How did Johnson begin his career at Lockheed?

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

Using examples from the book, discuss the first missions and capabilities of the F-117A.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the management styles of Rich and Johnson.

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