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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. Why is Chris Kraft furious with the astronaut?
(a) The astronaut broke the capsule's hatch.
(b) The astronaut's parade was longer than Glenn's parade.
(c) The astronaut conducted too many experiments.
(d) The astronaut ignores all the fuel warnings during the flight.

2. How much time passes after the press conference before the astronauts are though of as national heroes?
(a) It takes three days.
(b) It happens overnight.
(c) It takes seven weeks.
(d) They aren't considered of as national heroes until the first launch.

3. Which of the astronauts place a sign inside the capsule reading "No handball playing in this area" to help keep Shepard relaxed and loose?
(a) John Glenn.
(b) Deke Slayton.
(c) Gus Grissom.
(d) Gordon Cooper.

4. What kind of rocket launches the first Mercury capsule?
(a) Atlas rocket.
(b) Canaveral rocket.
(c) X-21 rocket.
(d) Redstone rocket.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is given to Shepard by President Kennedy?

2. What does Kennedy insist on as NASA's next focus?

3. What is Cape Canaveral's new function?

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

5. Why is Pete Conrad transferred to the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland?

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