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

2. Which of the astronauts commands the most star power?
(a) Scott Carpenter.
(b) John Glenn.
(c) Alan Shepard.
(d) Deke Slayton.

3. What do Cape Canaveral and its surroundings remind the pilots of?
(a) Langley Air Force Base.
(b) Patrick Air Force Base.
(c) Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
(d) Muroc Army Air Base.

4. What is the name Yeager gives to his plane?
(a) Glamorous Glynnis.
(b) Guns of Death.
(c) Rocketing Rickshaw.
(d) Soaring Eagle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is significant about Cooper's flight?

2. What is the AWC?

3. How long is the launch delayed?

4. What is the inscription found on the blackboard in the Astronaut Office?

5. Why is Gus Grissom uncomfortable during the press conference?

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