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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, "In Single Combat".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Navy-calculated probability that a career Navy pilot will die in an aircraft accident?
(a) 7%
(b) 23%
(c) 56%
(d) 38%

2. Why do fighter pilots have an intense dislike for flight surgeons?
(a) They hate needles.
(b) They don't want to be grounded for medical reasons.
(c) They don't have good insurance.
(d) They would rather be flying than in a waiting room.

3. What is the nickname given to Project Mercury by the top pilots at the base?
(a) The Flying Chimpanzees.
(b) Spam in a Can.
(c) Corpses in a Capsule.
(d) Monkeys in Space.

4. When the book begins, where is the Naval Air Station that Pete Conrad is stationed at?
(a) Florida.
(b) Texas.
(c) Nevada.
(d) California.

5. What does every fighter jock also think of himself as?
(a) An ace driver.
(b) A ladies' man.
(c) An indestructible force.
(d) A being just beneath God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname given to Pete's flight test class?

2. Complete this flying theorem: "There are no accidents and no fatal flaws in the machines..."

3. When do the pilots wear their bridge coats?

4. What problem does the Army have with Yeager piloting the X-1?

5. How many kills does Yeager have by the end of World War II?

(see the answer key)

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