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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, "The Club".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Bob Gilruth?
(a) The X-15 pilot who joined the astronauts for training.
(b) The head engineer of Project Mercury.
(c) The veterinarian brought in to dismantle the chimpanzee colony.
(d) The man in charge of Project Mercury.

2. What are Gordon Cooper's and Deke Slayton's roles during the launch?
(a) They are the capsule communicators.
(b) They are the technical trouble-shooters.
(c) They are the look-outs for trouble on the launch pad.
(d) They are NASA's press representatives.

3. Which chimpanzee is chosen to go into space?
(a) Number 7.
(b) Number 42.
(c) Number 61.
(d) Number 1.

4. The first test flight using an Atlas rocket is unmanned. Who or what goes up in the second test flight?
(a) A dog.
(b) Alan Shepard.
(c) A chimpanzee.
(d) John Glenn.

5. As he sits in the capsule waiting to be launched into space, what is Shepard most afraid of?
(a) Blowing up on the launch pad.
(b) Urinating in his pressurized suit.
(c) Screwing something up.
(d) Being crushed by the g forces.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who originally pilots the X-1 aircraft?

2. Which pilot marches into General Schwichenberg's office, throws an enema bag on his desk, and refuses to give himself any more enemas?

3. What happens when the second Mercury flight splashes down?

4. Why do fighter pilots have an intense dislike for flight surgeons?

5. What is the pervading feeling as the launch approaches?

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