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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. During a typical three-to-five hour training exercise, how many sunrises might a Blackbird pilot witness?

2. What vehicle passed too closely to a truck carrying the Blackbird?

3. How many years was the Blackbird in service before it was retired?

4. When did Johnson die?

5. How many new airplanes were introduced in the 1980s?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was the drone built at Skunk Works?

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

3. Why did Johnson believe the drones failed over China?

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

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

6. What was done to win over the community of Susanville when they continually experienced the affects of sonic booms?

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

8. Why did Rich hesitate to tell Johnson he had been offered a job at Northrop?

9. What type of a plane did Johnson propose to build after the U-2?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book, discuss why Soviet military operations seemed to be more of a threat than usual at the beginning of Kennedy's presidency.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Skunk Works worked as a team to design and build its planes.

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