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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. Who is the biggest practical joker among the volunteers?
(a) Gus Grissom.
(b) Wally Schirra.
(c) Pete Conrad.
(d) Alan Shepard.

2. What political event leads to Project Mercury being thought of, for the first time, as potentially expendable?
(a) The launch of another Sputnik satellite.
(b) The election of John F. Kennedy as the country's new President.
(c) The public relations nightmare created by the Edwards' pilots.
(d) The establishment of political special interest groups.

3. Who is Bob White?
(a) The head of mission control.
(b) The lead engineer on Project Mercury.
(c) The Air Force's prime pilot for the X-15 project at Edwards.
(d) The reporter writing the Life stories.

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

5. As a result of his record-setting flight, where does Bob White show up?
(a) On the cover of Newsweek magazine.
(b) On the cover of Life magazine.
(c) At the celebratory party at Pancho's.
(d) At Langley Air Force Base.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first test flight using an Atlas rocket is unmanned. Who or what goes up in the second test flight?

2. What recent invention makes Program Mercury possible at all?

3. During the launch itself, how much fuel is being consumed by the rockets each second?

4. Why do the pilots report to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?

5. Which astronaut is scheduled for the next space flight?

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