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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, "The Tears".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From the original volunteers for the program, how many are finally accepted as astronauts?
(a) 7.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

2. What is housed at the Holloman Air Force Base?
(a) The chimpanzee colony.
(b) The mission control center.
(c) The rocket launchers.
(d) The psychologists' new testing facility.

3. What did the astronauts most often hit in the procedures trainer?
(a) The launch button.
(b) The oxygen stir handle.
(c) The abort handle.
(d) The communications button.

4. In the eyes of the engineers, what are the astronauts?
(a) Test subjects in an experiment.
(b) Partners in a great mission.
(c) Essential to the success of the program.
(d) National heroes.

5. What do the engineers see as the most difficult, challenging, and pioneering part of the project?
(a) The technology.
(b) The flight itself.
(c) The flying capsule.
(d) The courage necessary to fly in the capsule.

Short Answer Questions

1. When communicating with mission control, what does Glenn refer to his capsule as?

2. What record does Bob White set during one of his X-15 flights?

3. What political event leads to Project Mercury being thought of, for the first time, as potentially expendable?

4. What are the pilots known by at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?

5. Why does the unmanned flight receive very little public attention?

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