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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. Which pilot marches into General Schwichenberg's office, throws an enema bag on his desk, and refuses to give himself any more enemas?
(a) Wally Schirra.
(b) Jim Lovell.
(c) Pete Conrad.
(d) Alan Shepard.

2. What is the concern that controllers have when preparing to bring Glenn back in through the atmosphere?
(a) That the heat shields are loose.
(b) That the capsule will overshoot the planned splash zone.
(c) That the parachute will not deploy.
(d) That the blood pressure monitor is malfunctioning.

3. Why does Janet Conrad support her husband's decision to join the astronaut program?
(a) She wants her husband to be a famous astronaut.
(b) She thinks it will vault his career to the top.
(c) She wants to move out of the desert.
(d) She thinks it will be safer than flying high-performance jet fighters.

4. What recent invention makes Program Mercury possible at all?
(a) The rocket propulsion system.
(b) The high-carbon fuel.
(c) The launch software.
(d) The high-speed, electronic computer.

5. How long is the second Russian cosmonaut in space for?
(a) 4 hours .
(b) 1 day.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 10 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sixteen days after Grissom's flight, the Russians launch another cosmonaut into space. How many times does the cosmonaut orbit the Earth before landing?

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

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

4. How many fighter jocks volunteer for the top-secret civilian program?

5. After the Russian flight, NASA scrubbed the remainder of the planned Mercury flights using Redstone rockets. What is the next flight to attempt?

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